常じょう軌き

noun

normal course; proper course; regular way

A formal noun for the normal, proper, or expected course of action or conduct. In modern usage it is especially common in negative or deviation expressions such as 常軌を逸する.

• 彼かれの発はつ言げんは常じょう軌きを逸いっしている。

  His remarks are beyond the bounds of normal behavior.

• 混こん乱らんのあと、業ぎょう務むはようやく常じょう軌きに復ふくした。

  After the confusion, operations finally returned to their normal course.