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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

先せん例れい

senrei

precedent

Example sentences

  1. そんな先例せんれいはない。

    We have no such example.

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  2. これは先例せんれいのないことだった。

    This was an unprecedented event.

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

  3. つまり、単たんなる先例せんれい遵守じゅんしゅによるものではない。

    Hence, the rule was not just adherence to the precedent.

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

Kanji in 先例

  • 先before; aheadOnセンKunさき・まず
  • 例example; customOnレイKunたとえる

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