"前例" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前例",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "例",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "zenrei",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんれい"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)例(れい) • (zenrei)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
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        {
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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        }
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            [
              21,
              23
            ]
          ],
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            [
              59,
              68
            ]
          ],
          "english": "If we allow any leniency towards such businesses and set a precedent, uncontrolled development will never stop.",
          "ref": "2021 April 27, 山崎誠, quotee, “第204回国会 衆議院 環境委員会 第8号 令和3年4月27日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館:",
          "roman": "Kō iu jigyō-sha ni taishite, nanka amai, sō iu zenrei o tsukutte shimau to rankaihatsu wa tomari-masen.",
          "text": "こういう事業者に対して、何か甘い、そういう前例を作ってしまうと乱開発は止まりません。",
          "translation": "If we allow any leniency towards such businesses and set a precedent, uncontrolled development will never stop.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "precedent"
      ],
      "id": "en-前例-ja-noun-qsb3dQjr",
      "links": [
        [
          "precedent",
          "precedent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "senrei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "先例",
              "せんれい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "先例"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぜんれー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞n̺ɾe̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前例"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前例",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "例",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zenrei",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんれい"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)例(れい) • (zenrei)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 例 read as れい",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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            [
              21,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              59,
              68
            ]
          ],
          "english": "If we allow any leniency towards such businesses and set a precedent, uncontrolled development will never stop.",
          "ref": "2021 April 27, 山崎誠, quotee, “第204回国会 衆議院 環境委員会 第8号 令和3年4月27日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館:",
          "roman": "Kō iu jigyō-sha ni taishite, nanka amai, sō iu zenrei o tsukutte shimau to rankaihatsu wa tomari-masen.",
          "text": "こういう事業者に対して、何か甘い、そういう前例を作ってしまうと乱開発は止まりません。",
          "translation": "If we allow any leniency towards such businesses and set a precedent, uncontrolled development will never stop.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "precedent"
      ],
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          "precedent",
          "precedent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぜんれー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞n̺ɾe̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "senrei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先例",
          "せんれい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先例"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前例"
}