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