Word Meaning

りょ ryo

呂 is read as りょ (ryo) and means Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do).

Meaning

English

  1. Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
  2. bass range (in Japanese music)
  3. six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

Reading

Kana

りょ

Romaji

ryo

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 132812 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

風呂

ふろ

base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

露天風呂

ろてんぶろ

open-air bath

伊呂波

いろは

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary

風呂場

ふろば

bathroom

風呂屋

ふろや

bathhouse proprietor

風呂敷

ふろしき

wrapping cloth

Example Sentences

10

まいにちおふろにはいります。

i take a bath every day.

このことばはごろがいい。

these words have a good ring to them.

かれはよっておふろでねた。

he got drunk and fell asleep in the bath.

にもつをふろしきでつつむ。

wrap the luggage in a wrapping cloth.

よっぱらってろれつまわらない。

being drunk, his speech is slurred.

わたしはながぶろがすきだ。

i like taking long baths.

ちかくのふろやへいく。

go to a nearby public bathhouse.

ろてんぶろからのけしきはさいこうだ。

the view from the open-air bath is superb.

こだいちゅうごくのりつりょをけんきゅうする。

study the musical rhythm of ancient china.

Going off-line for a bath.