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りつ ritsu

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  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) Buddhism vinaya (rules for the monastic community)
  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) abbreviation Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
    see: 律宗
  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) abbreviation lüshi (style of Chinese poem)
    see: 律詩
  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) (musical) pitch
  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
    see: 十二律, 呂・2
  7. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) abbreviation Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
    see: 律旋
  8. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun, used as a suffixcounter step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)

Kanji in this word

rhythm, law, regulation

Example sentences

彼は法律事務所に6年勤務していた。
kare ha houritsu jimu sho ni 6 nen kinmu shi te i ta 。
He had worked for the law firm for six years.
彼は法律家にはかなわなかった。
kare ha houritsu ka ni ha kanawa nakaxtsu ta 。
He was no match for a lawyer.
彼は法律家になる教育を受けた。
kare ha houritsu ka ni naru kyouiku wo uke ta 。
He was trained as a lawyer.
彼は法律を生涯の仕事に選んだ。
kare ha houritsu wo shougai no shigoto ni eran da 。
He made law his life career.
彼は法律を構わず無視する。
kare ha houritsu wo kamawa zu mushi suru 。
He has a disregard for the law.
彼は法律を一生の職業にしたいと思っていた。
kare ha houritsu wo isshou no shokugyou ni shi tai to omoxtsu te i ta 。
He wanted to follow law as a career.

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