noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
1. law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation- 2. vinaya (rules for the monastic community)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi), abbreviation
3. Ritsu (school of Buddhism)- 4. lüshi (style of Chinese poem)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
5. (musical) pitch- 6. six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
noun (common) (futsuumeishi), abbreviation
7. Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix, counter
8. step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)