expression / adjective:

• (having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school)
• of poor quality or workmanship

noun:

• national law; laws of a nation
• national rites and ceremonies
• Japanese literature

noun:

• enforcement regulations; misterial ordinance; regulations relative to the application of a law

noun:

• sansevieria (esp. mother-in-law's tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata); sanseveria - From Latin

noun:

• clever use of words to advance an argument; tricky manipulation of law

noun:

• study or science of literature; a liberal arts department

noun:

• euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work ➜ 五月病・六月病

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:

• national holiday (by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays)

noun:

• ijtihad (use of discretionary judgement in deducing a law not specified in scripture) - From Arabic

noun:

• juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law

noun:

• infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis

noun:

• various intimate services (e.g. massage) rendered by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform ➜ ＪＫビジネス【ジェイケイビジネス】

noun:

• massage and possibly sexual services performed by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform - slang ➜ ｊｋ【ジェイケイ】・リフレ

noun:

• police affairs department; police headquarters department which handles human resources, finance, etc.

noun:

• New Ainu Law (passed in 1997, aiming at promoting and protecting Ainu culture)

noun:

• law of equal division of rice fields (of ancient China)

noun:

• various intimate services (e.g. massage) rendered by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform ➜ ｊｋ

noun:

• sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper) ➜ 文芸部

noun:

• Department of Divinities (1868-1871) ［じんぎかん］ - obsolete term
• Department of Worship (under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 律令制

noun:

• gag order; gag rule; gag law

noun:

• statutory interest; legal interest; interest set by law

noun:

• mother-in-law
• foster mother
• step mother

expression:

• when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law) - proverb ➜ グレシャムの法則

noun:

• preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school