慣用(かんよう)

かんよう
noun, no-adjective
common usage, convention
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See also: 寛容(かんよう) (tolerance (寛容))
1. common usage, convention, 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(かんよう)句(く)を覚(おぼ)える。
To learn idiomatic expressions.
これは慣用(かんよう)的(てき)な言(い)い方(かた)だ。
This is an idiomatic way of saying it.
「的(まと)を射(い)る」は正(ただ)しい慣用(かんよう)表現(ひょうげん)だが、「的(まと)を得(え)る」も広(ひろ)く使(つか)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(かんよう)句(く) (idiomatic phrase/idiom). Also used as a no-adjective (慣用(かんよう)の) or with ～的(てき) (慣用(かんよう)的(てき)). In linguistics, 慣用(かんよう)読(よ)み refers to a customary reading of kanji that differs from the standard reading.

Common collocations

  • 慣用(かんよう)句(く): idiomatic expression, idiom
  • 慣用(かんよう)表現(ひょうげん): idiomatic expression
  • 慣用(かんよう)読(よ)み: customary reading (of kanji)
  • 慣用(かんよう)的(てき): idiomatic, conventional
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