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前ぜん例れい

N1
ぜんれい zenrei
  1. precedent
noun

Chinese meanings

先例

Examples

  • このような問もん題だいの前ぜん例れいはない。
    There is no precedent for such a case.
    这样的问题没有先例。
  • 彼かれは前ぜん例れいのない機き会かいをとらえた。
    He seized on the unprecedented opportunity.
    他抓住了前所未有的机会。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('26f92d8772'); // 前例
{
  "id": "26f92d8772",
  "word": "前例",
  "reading": "ぜんれい",
  "romaji": "zenrei",
  "meanings": [
    "precedent"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1394190,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "このような問題の前例はない。",
      "furigana": "このような{問題|もんだい}の{前例|ぜんれい}はない。",
      "en": "There is no precedent for such a case.",
      "tatoeba_id": 223076
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は前例のない機会をとらえた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{前例|ぜんれい}のない{機会|きかい}をとらえた。",
      "en": "He seized on the unprecedented opportunity.",
      "tatoeba_id": 102967
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "0a34d1674464acdbcf953f332637e60c4887c6676c169617ce679c849fe59df5",
    "meanings": [
      "先例"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "このような問題の前例はない。",
        "zh": "这样的问题没有先例。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は前例のない機会をとらえた。",
        "zh": "他抓住了前所未有的机会。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/26f92d8772",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1394190; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5f23ad74800b770ddb65f1ad296725b3cb92dc9f509e82802d8fb3e0525e241d"
  }
}