a female given name

(law, historical) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the 律 (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system

a female given name

an order, command, decree / (historical) in ancient China, a regional governor or magistrate / (historical) in the early Meiji period, the forerunner of a 知事 (chiji, “prefectural governor”)

act, law, ordinance, rule / law, ordinance, regulation / (obsolete) admonition, teaching / honorific prefix added before a term of kinship to show respect to someone else's relative

order; officer; rule; excellent

press release

recital (performance)

(historical) Imperial General Headquarters announcement / (by extension) government's unreliable announcement

recutting of a stamp or movable type; (typography, by extension) redesign of lettering