Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 記代, 法代, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. NO-ṘEE-YO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 記 (nori) meaning "statement, inscription, mention, describe, mark" or 法 (nori) meaning "law, rule", combined with 代 (yo) meaning "world, society". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.