例

Meaning

例 centers on a representative instance that serves as a model: an example, a precedent, or a customary usage that others follow.

• 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)

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