律動

Chinese

law
 
to move; to change; to use
to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (律動) 律 動
simp. (律动) 律 动

Pronunciation


Verb

律動

  1. to beat regularly

Noun

律動

  1. (figurative) rhythm (of society etc.); pace

Japanese

Kanji in this term
律 動
りつ
Grade: 6
どう
Grade: 3
kan’on kan’yōon

Etymology

Probably from written Chinese 律動/律动 (lǜdòng, “rhythm; to beat rhythmically”).

First cited to a text from 1919.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

律(りつ)動(どう) • (ritsudō) 

  1. [from 1919] rhythm, rhythmic movement
    Synonym: リズム (rizumu)
    詩(し)の律(りつ)動(どう)
    shi no ritsudō
    the poem's rhythm
    • 2018, Yūki Toshiya, Riaru nōsotchū: kansha nihyaku-nin no nama no koe [Real stroke: 200 patients in their own voices], page 39:
      人(ひと)それぞれに特(とく)徴(ちょう)があるでしょう。私(わたし)話(はな)すとは身(しん)体(たい)的(てき)律(りつ)動(どう)です。その意(い)味(み)では音(おん)楽(がく)と似(に)た側(そく)面(めん)があります。
      Hito sorezore ni tokuchō ga aru deshō. Watashi hanasu to wa shintaiteki ritsudō desu. Sono imi de wa ongaku to nita sokumen ga arimasu.
      Each person has their own distinctiveness. I am talking about a bodily rhythm. I mean there is an aspect that is something like music.

Verb

律(りつ)動(どう)する • (ritsudō suru) suru (stem 律(りつ)動(どう)し (ritsudō shi), past 律(りつ)動(どう)した (ritsudō shita))

  1. to move rhythmically

Conjugation

References

  1. “律動”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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