決(き)まり文句(もんく)

きまりもんく
noun
set phrase; stock phrase; cliché
language
1. set phrase, stock phrase, cliché, catchphrase
A fixed expression or phrase that is commonly used in a particular situation, or a phrase that a particular person always says. Can refer to useful formulaic expressions or to overused clichés.
それは彼(かれ)の決(き)まり文句(もんく)だ。
That's his catchphrase.
ビジネスメールには決(き)まり文句(もんく)がたくさんある。
There are many set phrases in business emails.
「お体(からだ)にお気(き)をつけて」は手紙(てがみ)の結(むす)びの決(き)まり文句(もんく)として広(ひろ)く使(つか)われている。
"Take care of yourself" is widely used as a set closing phrase in letters.

A compound of 決(き)まり (fixed, set) and 文句(もんく) (phrase, words). Can be neutral (useful formulaic expressions like greetings or email closings) or slightly negative (implying the phrase is overused or unoriginal).

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Compare: 定型文(ていけいぶん) (template text, boilerplate)
Compare: 口癖(くちぐせ) (verbal habit, pet phrase)
Compare: 慣用句(かんようく) (idiomatic expression)
Compare: 成句(せいく) (set phrase)
Compare: 定型句(ていけいく) (set phrase)
Compare: 定型表現(ていけいひょうげん) (fixed expression)

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