Word Meaning 六法

ろっぽう roppou

六法 is read as ろっぽう (roppou) and means Compendium of Laws.

Meaning

English

  1. Compendium of Laws
  2. six codes (constitution, civil code, criminal code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, code of criminal procedure)

Reading

Kana

ろっぽう

Romaji

roppou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 47472 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

六十進法

ろくじっしんほう

sexagesimal

六法全書

ろっぽうぜんしょ

compendium of laws

六合

りくごう

the universe

六十六部

ろくじゅうろくぶ

Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

六部

りくぶ

Six Ministries (in Sui dynasty to Qing dynasty China)

六部

ろくぶ

Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

六連発

ろくれんぱつ

six-chambered (revolver)

六調子

ろくちょうし

six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)

六公四民

ろくこうよんみん

land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)

六三制

ろくさんせい

six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

六信五行

ろくしんごぎょう

the six articles of faith and five pillars of Islam

六三三四制

ろくさんさんよんせい

six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)