"例" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. Tags: grade-4-kanji, kanji, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-例-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Grade 4 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 例外 (reigai) (ruby: (れい), (がい)) (english: exception), 例規 (reiki) (ruby: (れい), ()), 例刻 (reikoku) (ruby: (れい), (こく)), 例祭 (reisai) (ruby: (れい), (さい)), 例示 (reiji) (ruby: (れい), ()) (english: exemplification; exemplify), 例年 (reinen) (ruby: (れい), (ねん)) (english: average/usual year), 例文 (reibun) (ruby: (れい), (ぶん)) (english: sample/example sentence), 例話 (reiwa) (ruby: (れい), ()) (english: illustration, parable), 例会, 例題, 例解, 例月, 例言, 例時, 例式, 例証, 例数, 例日

Noun

IPA: [ɾe̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (れい)), rei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|れい}} 例(れい) • (rei)
  1. a custom, usual practice, habit Synonyms: 慣例
    Sense id: en-例-ja-noun-dI2lKgSU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 36 11 4 22 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 56 12 4 12 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 37 18 8 16 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 57 12 5 11 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 68 13 5 14
  2. a precedent
    Sense id: en-例-ja-noun-AnrFYBq6
  3. the aforementioned
    Sense id: en-例-ja-noun-EnVh9XwW
  4. a case, an instance, an illustration, an example Synonyms: 一例, たとえ
    Sense id: en-例-ja-noun-5sHdQa3f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ta̠me̞ɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ためし)), tameshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ためし}} 例(ためし) • (tameshi)
  1. an instance, an example, a precedent Synonyms: 実例, 先例
    Sense id: en-例-ja-noun-ERw9l~Wa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 例 meaning in Japanese (5.6kB)

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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
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              "例",
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              "規",
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              "例",
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              "刻",
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              "例",
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          "word": "例会"
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          "word": "例題"
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          "word": "例解"
        },
        {
          "word": "例月"
        },
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          "word": "例言"
        },
        {
          "word": "例時"
        },
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          "word": "例式"
        },
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          "word": "例証"
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          "word": "例数"
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          "word": "例日"
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              "絡",
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              "例",
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              "示",
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      "ipa": "[ɾe̞ː]"
    }
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          "例",
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          "話",
          "わ"
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    {
      "word": "例会"
    },
    {
      "word": "例題"
    },
    {
      "word": "例解"
    },
    {
      "word": "例月"
    },
    {
      "word": "例言"
    },
    {
      "word": "例時"
    },
    {
      "word": "例式"
    },
    {
      "word": "例証"
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              "事",
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            [
              "例",
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              "男",
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      ],
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        "the aforementioned"
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          "aforementioned",
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        {
          "english": "for instance",
          "roman": "rei to shite",
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            [
              "例",
              "れい"
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          ],
          "text": "例として"
        },
        {
          "english": "give an example",
          "roman": "rei o shimesu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "例",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "示",
              "しめ"
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          ],
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          "case",
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          "instance",
          "instance"
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          "illustration",
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          "example",
          "example"
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          "word": "一例"
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        }
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      "other": "れー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾe̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "例"
}

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  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ためし"
      },
      "expansion": "例(ためし) • (tameshi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have never heard of such a thing.",
          "roman": "Kīta tameshi ga arimasen.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "聞",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "例",
              "ためし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "聞いた例がありません。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an instance, an example, a precedent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instance",
          "instance"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ],
        [
          "precedent",
          "precedent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "実例"
        },
        {
          "word": "先例"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ためし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠me̞ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "例"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "例"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "例",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "例"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "例",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.