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正規 (せいき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

正せい規き

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Meanings

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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun

regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate

Describes something that follows official rules, standards, or proper procedures. Often used in formal, legal, and organizational contexts.

正せい規きの手て続つづきを踏ふんでください。
Please follow the proper procedures.
彼かれは正せい規きの社しゃ員いんとして採さい用ようされた。
He was hired as a regular employee.
この書しょ類るいは正せい規きのものではない。
This document is not official.

Usage patterns

正せい規きの手て続つづきを踏ふむto follow the proper/official procedure
帰き国こくするには正せい規きの手て続つづきを踏ふむ必ひつ要ようがある。
You need to go through the proper procedures to return to your country.
正せい規きのルートで〈物もの〉を入にゅう手しゅするto obtain something through official/legitimate channels
そのチケットは正せい規きのルートで入にゅう手しゅしたものだ。
That ticket was obtained through official channels.
正せい規き雇こ用ようで〈場ば所しょ〉に就しゅう職しょくするto get hired as a regular (full-time) employee at a place
彼かれは正せい規き雇こ用ようでその会かい社しゃに就しゅう職しょくした。
正せい規きの教きょう育いくを受うけるto receive a formal/regular education
彼かの女じょは正せい規きの教きょう育いくを受うけずに自じ力りきで学まなんだ。

Kanji

正correct, justice, righteous
規standard, measure

Related words

正せい式しきN3
正式 stresses official formality and recognition, while 正規 stresses conformity to an established rule or standard.
正せい当とうN1
正当 focuses on being justified or rightful in a moral/legal sense, whereas 正規 focuses on following a set procedure or standard.
通つう常じょうN2
通常 simply means 'usual' or 'ordinary', while 正規 implies adherence to a prescribed norm or regulation rather than mere frequency.
純じゅん正せい
正規 highlights official, standard-approved status (e.g. 正規品), while 純正 focuses on being made by the original manufacturer or being chemically unmixed.

Opposites

非ひ正せい規きN1
非正規 describes something outside the established norm (e.g. non-regular employment), directly opposing 正規's sense of officially sanctioned status.
もぐり
正規 describes something officially sanctioned or licensed, the direct opposite of 潜り's unlicensed, unauthorized status.
番ばん外がい
正規 means regular or official, the opposite of 番外, which describes something outside the standard set or count.

Word family· 21

非ひ正せい規きN1
irregular employment; non-regular work · non-regular; irregular · subnormal (number); denormal
不ふ正せい規き
irregularity; non-standard; informal
正せい規き兵へい
regular soldier; regulars

Etymology

Composed of 正 (correct, proper) and 規 (rule, standard). The combination conveys the idea of being in accordance with established norms.

He got hired as a regular full-time employee at that company.

She learned on her own without receiving a formal education.

臨りん時じ

N2

正規 describes regular, official status (e.g. a full-time employee), the opposite of 臨時's temporary or ad-hoc status (e.g. temporary staff).

正せい規き化か

normalization; standardization

正せい規き品ひん

genuine product; officially licensed product; non-counterfeit article

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正せい規き形けい
normalized form; standard form
正せい規き生せい
regular student; full-time student
正せい規き軍ぐん
regular army
正せい規き分ぶん布ぷ
normal distribution; Gaussian distribution
正せい規き曲きょく線せん
probability curve

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