noun:

• law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
• vinaya (rules for the monastic community) - Buddhism term
• Ritsu (school of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 律宗
• lushi (style of Chinese poem) - abbreviation ➜ 律詩
• (musical) pitch - also りち
• six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・呂
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) - abbreviation ➜ 律旋

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)

noun:

• influenza; flu; cold - abbreviation ➜ 流行性感冒

noun:

• answering machine; answerphone - abbreviation ➜ 留守番電話

noun:

• two swords
• being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】
• bisexual (person) - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】

adjectival noun / noun:

• cold; cool - obscure term

noun:

• cold sake - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ 冷酒【れいしゅ】

noun:

• two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets of paper - ateji for "ream"; also written as 嗹
• stanza; verse - also written as 聯
• tribe (in taxonomy) - Biology term
• quinella; quiniela - abbreviation ➜ 連勝式

suffix noun:

• party; company; group; set

counter:

• counter for things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc. - also written as 聯
• counter for falcons - obsolete term

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the bathroom in a group; going off to urinate together - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ 連れ小便

noun:

• six copies
• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 六十六部

noun:

• rib; rib cage - abbreviation ➜ あばら骨

noun:

• Hungary - abbreviation ➜ 匈牙利

noun:

• shaggy hair
• shaggy dog - abbreviation ➜ 尨犬

noun:

• light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use)
• shroud; burial clothes - abbreviation ➜ 経帷子

noun:

• tonsils
• tonsillitis - abbreviation ➜ 扁桃腺炎

noun:

• draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve
• something full of holes ➜ ざる法【ざるほう】
• zaru soba - abbreviation ➜ ざる蕎麦
• strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish - colloquialism

noun:

• hank; skein; reel
• reeled thread - abbreviation ➜ かせ糸【かせいと】

noun:

• dark-red pigment; rouge
• dark red; deep red - abbreviation ➜ 臙脂色
• cochineal ➜ 生臙脂

noun:

• litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee; lichee; litchi nut ➜ ライチ
• bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd - abbreviation ➜ 蔓茘枝
• Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod) - abbreviation ➜ 茘枝貝

noun:

• bat (Chiroptera spp.)
• umbrella - abbreviation ➜ 蝙蝠傘
• opportunist; turncoat - derogatory term

noun:

• orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being) ［しゃち］ - abbreviation ➜ 鯱【しゃちほこ】

noun:

• 4th in rank; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar

noun / prefix noun / suffix noun:

• Denmark ［てい］ - abbreviation - obscure term

noun:

• sunset
• evening bell; vespers bell - abbreviation ➜ 入相の鐘

noun:

• decayed leaves

noun / ~の noun:

• russet; tawny; yellow-brown - abbreviation ➜ 朽ち葉色【くちばいろ】

noun:

• second part (of three); second volume; middle part ➜ 前編・上編
• novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story - abbreviation ➜ 中編小説【ちゅうへんしょうせつ】・短編・長編

noun:

• partitioning screen - abbreviation ➜ 衝立障子

noun:

• user's manual - abbreviation ➜ 取り扱い説明書【とりあつかいせつめいしょ】