慣かん行こう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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

customary practice; established custom; traditional way

Refers to a practice or procedure that has become customary through long usage, often in social, business, or institutional contexts. Not used for personal habits.

この地ち域いきでは、祭まつりの日ひに餅もちを配くばるのが慣かん行こうだ。
In this region, it is customary to distribute mochi on the day of the festival.
会かい社しゃの慣かん行こうに従したがって、新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんはまず研けん修しゅうを受うける。
Following company custom, new employees first undergo training.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が慣かん行こうとなっているfor something to have become an established practice
この地ち域いきでは、収しゅう穫かくを隣りん人じんと分わけ合あうことが慣かん行こうとなっている。
In this region, sharing the harvest with neighbors has become customary practice.
慣かん行こうに従したがうto follow established customary practice
会かい社しゃは業ぎょう界かいの慣かん行こうに従したがって契けい約やくを結むすんだ。
The company signed the contract in accordance with industry practice.
慣かん行こうを破やぶるto break with an established custom
彼かれは長なが年ねんの慣かん行こうを破やぶって新あたらしい方ほう法ほうを導どう入にゅうした。
He broke with years of established practice and introduced a new method.
慣かん行こうを改あらためるto reform or revise an established practice
政せい府ふは古ふるい慣かん行こうを改あらためることを決きめた。
The government decided to reform the old customary practice.

Kanji

慣accustomed, get used to, become experienced
行going, journey, carry out

Related words

慣かん例れいN1
慣例 emphasizes a precedent or established rule that people follow, while 慣行 focuses on the actual practice as it is carried out.
習しゅう慣かんN4
習慣 covers personal habits as well as broad social customs, whereas 慣行 is limited to established procedures within a group or institution.
慣かん習しゅうN1
慣習 refers to a customary practice shared by a society or culture, while 慣行 more narrowly denotes a procedure followed within a specific organization or field.
しきたりN1
しきたり is a native Japanese word for traditional customs or rituals, often with a formal or ceremonial feel, while 慣行 is a more neutral, businesslike term.
風ふう習しゅうN1
風習 refers to regional or cultural customs handed down over generations, whereas 慣行 refers to a practical procedure established in a specific institutional context.

Don't confuse with

刊かん行こうN1
刊行 (publication, issuing of a book) is pronounced identically to 慣行 (customary practice) but has a completely unrelated meaning.
観かん光こうN3
観光 (sightseeing, tourism) shares the same pronunciation as 慣行 (customary practice) but refers to an entirely different concept.

Counted with

件けんN2
慣行 is typically counted with 件 when referring to individual established practices, as in 三件の慣行.

Word family

商しょう慣かん行こう
business practices; commercial customs
慣かん行こう犯はん
habitual criminal; recidivist · recidivism; habitual criminal activity
慣かん行こう取とり引ひき
usual business practices; customary transactions

Etymology

Compound of 慣 (kan, 'become accustomed to') and 行 (kō, 'go; carry out'), literally 'accustomed practice'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in formal Japanese to denote established customs.