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月例 (げつれい, getsurei) Japanese meaning: monthly | Kotomora

月げつ例れい

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Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

monthly; regular monthly

Used before a noun, often with の or in compounds such as 月例会議 and 月例報告, for an event, meeting, report, or practice that occurs every month.

月げつ例れいの会かい議ぎは毎まい月つき第だい一いち月げつ曜よう日びに開

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The monthly meeting is held on the first Monday of each month.

午ご後ごまでに月げつ例れい報ほう告こくを提てい出しゅつしてください。

Please submit the monthly report by this afternoon.

Usage patterns

月げつ例れいの〈事こと〉a monthly (meeting, report, event, etc.)
毎まい月つき末まつに月げつ例れいの会かい議ぎに出しゅっ席せきする。
I attend the monthly meeting at the end of every month.

Kanji

月month, moon
例example, custom, usage

Related words

定てい例れい
定例 means "regular/scheduled" without specifying how often, while 月例 specifically means "monthly."
毎まい月つきN5
毎月 is an adverb/noun meaning "every month," whereas 月例 is an adjectival word used to describe a scheduled monthly event, report, or meeting.
月げっ刊かんN1
月刊 specifically means "published monthly" and is used for magazines and periodicals, while 月例 more broadly describes recurring meetings, reports, or events.

Opposites

不ふ定てい期き
不定期 means "irregular, not on a fixed schedule," the opposite of 月例's sense of a fixed monthly recurrence.

Word family

月げつ例れい会かい
monthly meeting
月げつ例れい経けい済ざい報ほう告こく
monthly economic report

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 月, “month,” and 例, “regular practice” or “established occurrence,” conventionally meaning something done or held every month.