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ritsu

ritsu noun: an anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, minor third, major second, major second, minor third.

Noun

ritsu (uncountable)

  1. An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, minor third, major second, major second, minor third.

Origin of ritsu

From Japanese 律 (ritsu).

Questions about ritsu

What does ritsu mean?
Ritsu means an anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, minor third, major second, major second, minor third.
What part of speech is ritsu?
Ritsu is a noun.

Words near ritsu in the dictionary

  1. Ritschlianism
  2. Ritschlians
  3. Ritsema
  4. Ritsemas
  5. Ritson
  6. ritsu
  7. ritt
  8. ritted
  9. ritten
  10. Rittenberry
  11. Rittenberrys

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