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- Japanese · borrowed from呂
- English todayryo
From Japanese 呂 (ryo).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ryo
Today it means: An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, major second, minor third, major second, minor third. Full definition →
Japanese 呂