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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

異い例れい

irei

unusual, exceptional

Example sentences

  1. これは鉄道事業者てつどうじぎょうしゃとしては異例いれいである。

    This is unusual for a railway business operator.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. だが、この記念切手きねんきっての図案ずあんは異例いれいな点てんが数多かずおおくあった。

    But there were many unusual things about the design of this commemorative postage stamp.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 大名自身だいみょうじしんが最前線さいぜんせんに立たって戦たたかうことは異例いれいであった。

    It was rare that a daimyo himself fought at the front-line.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 異例

  • 異uncommon; differentOnイKunこと・ことなる・け
  • 例example; customOnレイKunたとえる

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