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定例 (ていれい, teirei) Japanese meaning: regular | Kotomora
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日び
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開ひら
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れる
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The regular meeting is held every Monday.
The prime minister explained the new policy at a regular press conference.
Usage patterns 定てい 例れい の 〈 事こと 〉 a regularly scheduled ~ (meeting, press conference, etc.)
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)
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
This gathering somehow became a regular event.
定てい 例れい 化か する to make something a regular, recurring practice
The event is scheduled to become a regular fixture starting next year.
Kanji 定 determine, fix, establish Related words 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.
定例 means "regular/scheduled" without specifying how often, while 月例 specifically means "monthly."
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.
定例に従う is used to mean following an established custom or precedent.
