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恒例 (こうれい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Meanings 1
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
established practice ; custom ; annual tradition
Often used for regular, especially annual, events or practices that have become customary. Common in phrases like 恒例の行事 (annual event) and 恒例により (as is customary).
社しゃ
長ちょう
が
新しん
年ねん
の
挨あい
拶さつ
を
述の
べ
た
。
As is customary, the president gave a New Year's address.
Similar words 慣かん 例れい 慣例 refers to a customary practice or convention, often in social or procedural contexts, while 恒例 emphasizes a fixed, regularly recurring event or tradition.
風ふう 習しゅう 風習 is a broader term for customs or folkways of a region or group, whereas 恒例 specifically highlights the established, often periodic nature of the practice.
Etymology Compound of 恒 (constant, always) and 例 (precedent, custom). The word has been used since at least the Edo period to denote a fixed, recurring custom.
