定てい例れい

also: じょうれい

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Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

regular; scheduled; ordinary

Only with reading ていれい

Used as a の-adjective for something held or done at fixed, regular times, such as 定例会議, 定例記者会見, or a regular parliamentary session. This sense is usually read ていれい.

定てい例れいの会かい議ぎは毎まい週しゅう月げつ曜よう日びに開ひらかれる。
The regular meeting is held every Monday.
首しゅ相しょうは定てい例れい記き者しゃ会かい見けんで新あたらしい方ほう針しんを説せつ明めいした。
The prime minister explained the new policy at a regular press conference.

noun

established usage; precedent; regular practice

Noun use referring to a previously established practice or precedent. In modern Japanese, 慣例 or 先例 is often more ordinary; this use of 定例, especially with the reading じょうれい, is comparatively limited.

その手て続つづきは定てい例れいに従したがって行おこなわれた。
The procedure was carried out according to established practice.
「定てい例れいに従したがう」は、前まえからの慣かん例れいや先せん例れいに従したがうという意い味みで使つかわれる。
定例に従う is used to mean following an established custom or precedent.

Usage patterns

定てい例れいの〈事こと〉a regularly scheduled ~ (meeting, press conference, etc.)
市し長ちょうは毎まい週しゅう月げつ曜ように定てい例れいの記き者しゃ会かい見けんを行おこなう。
The mayor holds a regular press conference every Monday.
定てい例れい〈事こと〉を開ひらくto hold a regular (meeting, session)
毎まい月つき一いっ回かい、定てい例れい会かい議ぎを開ひらいている。
We hold a regular meeting once a month.
〈事こと〉が定てい例れいになるfor something to become a regular fixture
この集あつまりはいつしか定てい例れいになった。
This gathering somehow became a regular event.
定てい例れい化かするto make something a regular, recurring practice
そのイベントは来らい年ねんから定てい例れい化かする予よ定ていだ。
The event is scheduled to become a regular fixture starting next year.

Kanji

定determine, fix, establish
例example, custom, usage

Related words

定てい期きN3sense 1
定期 emphasizes fixed intervals or scheduled recurrence (e.g. 定期券), while 定例 stresses that an event is regularly held, as in 定例会議.
慣かん例れいN1sense 2
慣例 is the everyday modern word for an established custom or usual practice, while 定例's use for precedent (esp. read じょうれい) is rarer.
恒こう例れいN1sense 1
恒例 describes a customary or traditional event held every year or occasion, whereas 定例 focuses on being on a fixed schedule regardless of tradition.
先せん例れいN1sense 2
先例 specifically means a prior case used as a guiding precedent, while 定例's precedent sense is broader but less commonly used this way.
月げつ例れい
定例 means "regular/scheduled" without specifying how often, while 月例 specifically means "monthly."

Opposites

臨りん時じN2sense 1
臨時 means temporary or ad hoc (e.g. 臨時会議), the direct opposite of 定例's sense of being regularly scheduled.

Word family

定てい例れい会かい
regular meeting
定てい例れい閣かく議ぎ
regular Cabinet meeting
定てい例れい記き者しゃ会かい見けん
regular press conference; regularly scheduled press briefing

Written forms

定例Usage100%
- ていれい
  Standard modern reading and spelling, especially for regular or scheduled meetings, press conferences, sessions, and events.
- じょうれい
  Attested alternate reading; much less common than ていれい and most relevant to the noun sense of precedent or established usage.
じょうれい

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 定, associated with being fixed or settled, and 例, associated with example, custom, or practice. The reading ていれい is the normal modern reading for regular scheduled events; じょうれい is a rarer attested reading.