恒こう例れい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

established practice; custom; annual tradition

Often used for regular, especially annual, events or practices that have become customary. Common in phrases like 恒例の行事 (annual event) and 恒例により (as is customary).

このお祭まつりは毎まい年とし恒こう例れいの行ぎょう事じです。
This festival is an annual tradition.
恒こう例れいにより、社しゃ長ちょうが新しん年ねんの挨あい拶さつを述のべた。
As is customary, the president gave a New Year's address.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が恒こう例れいになるfor something to become an annual tradition/custom
この祭まつりは毎まい年ねん恒こう例れいになっている。
This festival has become an annual tradition.
恒こう例れいの〈事こと〉the customary/annual ~
運うん動どう会かいは学がっ校こうの恒こう例れいの行ぎょう事じだ。
The sports festival is an annual tradition at the school.
恒こう例れいによりas is customary; following tradition
恒こう例れいにより、新しん年ねん会かいが開ひらかれた。
As is customary, the New Year's party was held.
毎まい年ねん恒こう例れいの〈事こと〉the yearly tradition of ~
花はな火び大たい会かいは毎まい年ねん恒こう例れいのイベントです。
The fireworks display is an annual event held every year.

Kanji

恒constancy, always
例example, custom, usage

Related words

慣かん例れいN1
慣例 refers to a customary way of doing something, often in social or procedural contexts, while 恒例 specifically describes an event or practice that recurs regularly, especially annually.
定てい例れい
定例 describes something held on a fixed, regular schedule (like a monthly meeting), whereas 恒例 emphasizes that the practice has become an established tradition over time.
風ふう習しゅうN1
風習 is a broader term for the customs or folkways of a region or group, while 恒例 refers to a specific event or practice that recurs on a set basis.

Opposites

異い例れいN1
異例 describes something unusual or exceptional, the opposite of 恒例, which describes an established, regularly recurring practice.

Word family

恒こう例れい行ぎょう事じ
regular event; annual event

Etymology

Compound of 恒 (constant, always) and 例 (precedent, custom). The word has been used since at least the Edo period to denote a fixed, recurring custom.