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    3. 律令

    律令

    律りつ令りょう

    ritsuryō

    KMT10News #38+1NounHistoryPolitics & LawKanji Vocab14 strokes

    りつりょうりつれい

    Noun

    1.
    ritsuryō, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
    historical term

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    日に本ほんの古こ代だいには律りつ令りょうという法ほう律りつがあった。

    In ancient Japan, there was a legal system called Ritsuryō.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law
    大たい宝ほう律りつ令りょうは、日に本ほんの律りつ令りょう国こっ家かの基き礎そを築きずいた。

    The Taihō Code laid the foundation for Japan's Ritsuryō state.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    律りつ令りょう体たい制せい下かでは、土と地ちや人じん民みんが国こっ家かによって厳きびしく管かん理りされていた。

    Under the Ritsuryō system, land and people were strictly controlled by the state.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    律りつ令りょうの研けん究きゅうは、古こ代だい日に本ほんの社しゃ会かい構こう造ぞうを理り解かいする上うえで不ふ可か欠けつだ。

    The study of Ritsuryō is indispensable for understanding the social structure of ancient Japan.

    KMT10HistoryEducation
    律りつ令りょうは中ちゅう国ごくの法ほう制せい度どを模も範はんとして導どう入にゅうされた。

    The Ritsuryō was introduced modeled after the Chinese legal system.

    KMT10Politics & LawHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    律
    rhythm・law・regulation・gauge・control
    令
    orders・laws・command・decree・good
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