例(れい)

例(れい) means an example, instance, or precedent. One of the most common nouns in academic, professional, and everyday language.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

• 例(れい)を挙(あ)げる: to give an example
• 例(たと)えば: for example (different reading: たとえば)
• 〜の例(れい): an example of ~
• 〜を例(れい)に取(と)る: to take ~ as an example
• 例(れい)のない: unprecedented

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

• 例外(れいがい): exception
• 例文(れいぶん): example sentence
• 実例(じつれい): actual example, real case
• 用例(ようれい): usage example
• 前例(ぜんれい): precedent
• 慣例(かんれい): custom, convention

SPECIAL USAGE:
例(れい)の can mean "that (thing we both know about)" — an indirect way to refer to something without naming it directly: 例(れい)の件(けん) (that matter we discussed).