Japanese DictionaryDefinition of りつ
- (n) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
- (Buddh) 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)
- (n, n-suf, ctr) (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)
