Refers to laws, statutes, or the legal system as a whole. Can be used for specific pieces of legislation.
A new law was passed in the Diet.
Obeying the law is a duty of citizens.
Citizens have a duty to obey the law.
That act violates the law.
The election procedures are stipulated by law.
The Diet enacted a new law.
This measure was carried out based on the law.
法律 is the common modern word for actual law in a legal sense, while 律 alone is a more archaic or technical term often tied to ancient Chinese-derived codes.
法律 is the general word for any law or statute, while 基準法 specifically names a law that lays down basic standards or criteria (e.g. 建築基準法).
法律 refers to a law in general or a specific statute, while 法規 more strongly evokes the whole body of applicable laws and regulations together.
法律 refers to an individual statute or law, while 法制 refers to the overall legislative system or body of laws.
法案 is a bill still under deliberation, while 法律 is a law that has already been enacted.
法律 is the general word for any law, whereas 禁止法 denotes a law whose specific purpose is to forbid a particular act or item.
法律 refers to statutory law enacted by a government, whereas 掟 is not used for modern legal statutes but for a community's own code.
法律 means 'law' in the general sense of statutes and the legal system, whereas 法務 refers to the practical work of handling legal matters.
法律 means 'law' or 'legislation' as a general concept, whereas 法文 specifically denotes the actual written text of a law.
法律 is the noun for 'law/legislation' itself, whereas 法的 is the な-adjective used to describe something as law-related.
法律 is a law passed by the Diet, standing above both 政令 and 省令 in Japan's legal hierarchy.
法学 is the academic study of law, whereas 法律 refers to actual statutes or the legal system itself, not the discipline that studies them.
法律 means the law as a whole, while 条文 refers only to the specific written articles that make up that law.
法律 is a law enacted by the Diet, while 政令 is a cabinet order issued under delegated authority to implement or supplement a 法律.
legislative bill