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条例 (じょうれい, jourei) Japanese meaning: regulation | Kotomora
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The city enacted an ordinance to prevent passive smoking.
If you violate this ordinance, you may be fined.
条令 is treated as a rare spelling referring to regulations or orders.
Usage patterns 条じょう 例れい を 制せい 定てい する to enact an ordinance
The city enacted an ordinance concerning waste reduction.
条じょう 例れい を 改かい 正せい する to amend an ordinance
The town council decided to amend the ordinance.
条じょう 例れい に 違い 反はん する to violate an ordinance
The business had been violating the parking ordinance.
条じょう 例れい で 定さだ める to stipulate by ordinance
The detailed procedures are stipulated by ordinance.
条じょう 例れい を 可か 決けつ する to pass an ordinance (in a vote)
The assembly passed the new ordinance.
Kanji 条 article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc. Related words 規則 is a general word for rules in any setting, while 条例 specifically refers to an ordinance or bylaw enacted by a local government.
法令 is an umbrella term covering laws and administrative orders in general, whereas 条例 denotes a specific type of regulation made by local government.
法律 refers to national statutory law passed by the Diet, while 条例 is a bylaw or ordinance enacted by a prefecture, city, or town.
条例 is a formal ordinance enacted by a local government, a narrower and more official category than the general term 規程.
Don't confuse with 条約 is an international treaty between states, while 条例 is a local ordinance enacted by a Japanese municipality or prefecture; learners confuse them because both share the kanji 条.
条例 is a regulation enacted by a local government (prefecture or city), while 政令 is issued at the national level by the cabinet.
Word family· 11 city ordinance; municipal ordinance
metropolitan bylaw; metropolitan ordinance
Peace Preservation Ordinance
Written forms 条じょう 例れい Usage 99%
Standard and common spelling, especially for ordinances and bylaws enacted by a local government.
条じょう 令れい Usage 1%
Uncommon attested spelling for the broader sense of regulations or rules; the modern local-ordinance meaning is normally written 条例.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound. 条 is associated with articles or clauses, and 例 with rules or precedents; the rare spelling 条令 uses 令, associated with orders or laws. This is a useful component explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.
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