律 （リツ） law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code), regulation, vinaya (rules for the monastic community), Ritsu (school of Buddhism), lüshi (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), step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)

律令 （リツリョウ） ritsuryō, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

一律 （イチリツ） uniform, even, across-the-board, equal

自律 （ジリツ） autonomy (in Kantian ethics), self-control

律儀 （リチギ） upright, honest, faithful, conscientious, sincere

律義者 （リチギモノ） honest person, conscientious person

呂律 （ロレツ） articulation