通例

つうれい

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective custom; general rule; convention
2. Adverb usually; generally; normally; as a rule

Kanji

• 通 pass through. Read as ツウ.
• 例 example. Read as レイ.

Example sentences

• 猫は通例犬が大嫌いだ。
  Cats usually hate dogs.
• ネコは通例犬が嫌いだ。
  Cats usually hate dogs.
• 通例、喫煙は許可していません。
  As a rule, we don't allow smoking.
• 日本では親は年をとると、通例子供たちの世話になる。
  When parents get old in Japan, they are customarily looked after by their children.
• 特に、調和平均の実際の使用例としては、「平均速度」が主に取り上げられ、説明がそこで終わってしまうのが通例である。
  In particular, it is customary for actual examples of use of the harmonic mean to generally cover "average speed," and explain no further than that.

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