例
example, custom, usage, precedent
Readings
On'yomi
- レイ
Kun'yomi
- たと.える
Meaning
例 centers on a representative instance that serves as a model: an example, a precedent, or a customary usage that others follow.
Most common words using 例
24 of 175- 例れいN5
example; instance; illustration; case
- 例えばたとえばN4
for example; for instance; e.g.
- 事例じれいN1
example; precedent; case
- 例外れいがいN2
exception
- 例えたとえN3
example
- 条例じょうれいN1
regulations; rules
- 比例ひれいN1
proportion
- 恒例こうれいN1
established practice; custom
- 異例いれいN1
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
- 例年れいねんN1
average (normal, ordinary) year
- 例えるたとえるN2
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
- 判例はんれいN1
judicial precedent; leading case; prior case
- 前例ぜんれいN1
precedent
- 特例とくれい
special case; exception
- 実例じつれいN2
example; illustration; precedent
- 定例ていれい
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament)
- 症例しょうれい
case
- 慣例かんれいN1
custom; practice; convention; precedent
- 例文れいぶんN1
example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
- 通例つうれい
custom; general rule; convention
- 先例せんれいN1
precedent
- 用例ようれいN1
example; illustration
- 月例げつれい
monthly
- 例題れいだいN1
example; exercise (for the reader)
Study
Etymology
例 combines 亻 (person) with 列 (line up, arrange), suggesting a person setting out an arrangement that serves as a model or precedent.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 lines up 列 examples to show how something is done. The lined-up items become the custom or precedent.
Reading mnemonic
For レイ, imagine a person laying out a row of example objects: lay -> レイ, and each object is a model to follow.