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common usage, idiomatic, conventional
Refers to expressions, phrases, or usages that have become established through long custom and repeated use, even if they may not follow strict grammatical or semantic rules.
慣用句を覚える。
To learn idiomatic expressions.
これは慣用的な言い方だ。
This is an idiomatic way of saying it.
「的を射る」は正しい慣用表現だが、「的を得る」も広く使われている。
"Mato o iru" is the correct idiomatic expression, but "mato o eru" is also widely used.
USAGE:
Most commonly seen in the compound 慣用句 (idiomatic phrase/idiom). Also used as a no-adjective (慣用の) or with ~的 (慣用的). In linguistics, 慣用読み refers to a customary reading of kanji that differs from the standard reading.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 慣用句: idiomatic expression, idiom
- 慣用表現: idiomatic expression
- 慣用読み: customary reading (of kanji)
- 慣用的: idiomatic, conventional