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慣行 (kankou) Japanese meaning: customary practice | Kotomora
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慣かん
行こう
だ
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In this region, it is customary to distribute mochi on the day of the festival.
Following company custom, new employees first undergo training.
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
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
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
慣かん 行こう を 改あらた める to reform or revise an established practice
The government decided to reform the old customary practice.
Kanji 慣 accustomed, get used to, become experienced 行 going, journey, carry out Related words 慣例 emphasizes a precedent or established rule that people follow, while 慣行 focuses on the actual practice as it is carried out.
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 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 刊行 (publication, issuing of a book) is pronounced identically to 慣行 (customary practice) but has a completely unrelated meaning.
観光 (sightseeing, tourism) shares the same pronunciation as 慣行 (customary practice) but refers to an entirely different concept.
Word family business practices; commercial customs
habitual criminal; recidivist · recidivism; habitual criminal activity
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.
He broke with years of established practice and introduced a new method.
