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りつ
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lushi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)
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法律

ほうりつ
law
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旋律

せんりつ
melody; tune
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自律

じりつ
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
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律令

りつりょう、りつれい
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
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規律

紀律
きりつ
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
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律令制

りつりょうせい
ritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century)
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一律

いちりつ
evenness; uniformity; monotony; equality
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調律

ちょうりつ
tuning (musical)
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戒律

かいりつ
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah