Onyomi: レイ · Kunyomi: たと.える · Meanings: custom, example, precedent, usage
Kanji for custom, example, precedent, usage
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例 is made from 亻, meaning “person,” and 列, meaning “line” or “row.” People placed in a row show a pattern that can be followed. From this idea of something set as a pattern, 例 came to mean an example or a case.
One person is shown as a pattern for others. That pattern is an example, 例.
Think of a person standing in line as a model. That model or example is 例.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 例 | れい | example, instance, illustration, case | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 例 | ためし | precedent, example | JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 例えば | たとえば | for example, for instance, e.g. | common JLPT-N4 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 例え | たとえ | example | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 例外 | れいがい | exception | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 例える | たとえる | to compare (something) to, to liken, to speak figuratively, to use a simile, to use a metaphor | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 例年 | れいねん | average (normal, ordinary) year | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 例外的 | れいがいてき | exceptional, unusual | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 例文 | れいぶん | example sentence, illustrative sentence, model sentence | common Noun |
| 例題 | れいだい | example, exercise (for the reader) | common Noun |