律

Meaning

律 centers on a structured, measured order: a rhythm that repeats predictably, a law or regulation that governs behavior, or a gauge that controls and standardizes.

• 法律ほうりつ
  N4

  law; legislation; act

• 律りつ

  law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation

• 自律じりつ

  autonomy (in Kantian ethics)

• 一律いちりつ
  N1

  uniform; even; across-the-board; equal

• 規律きりつ
  N2

  order; observance; discipline

• 旋律せんりつ
  N1

  melody; tune

• 戒律かいりつ

  (religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

• 律儀りちぎ

  upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

• 調律ちょうりつ

  tuning (an instrument); temperament

• 律するりっする

  to judge (on the basis of)

• 律令りつりょう

  ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

• 因果律いんがりつ
  N1

  law of cause and effect; principle of causality

• 呂律ろれつ

  articulation

• 二律背反にりつはいはん

  antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives

• 律動りつどう

  rhythm

• 律令制りつりょうせい

  ritsuryō system; ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century

• 軍律ぐんりつ

  martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law

• 法律事務所ほうりつじむしょ

  law office; law firm

• 自律神経じりつしんけい

  autonomic nerve

• 不文律ふぶんりつ

  unwritten law; common law

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