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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.
それは彼の決まり文句だ。
That's his catchphrase.
ビジネスメールには決まり文句がたくさんある。
There are many set phrases in business emails.
「お体にお気をつけて」は手紙の結びの決まり文句として広く使われている。
"Take care of yourself" is widely used as a set closing phrase in letters.
A compound of 決まり (fixed, set) and 文句 (phrase, words). Can be neutral (useful formulaic expressions like greetings or email closings) or slightly negative (implying the phrase is overused or unoriginal).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 決まり文句を使う: to use a set phrase
- 決まり文句のように言う: to say as if it's a catchphrase
- 挨拶の決まり文句: standard greeting phrases
- ビジネスの決まり文句: business stock phrases
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 定型文: template text, boilerplate — more formal, refers to standardized text blocks
- 口癖: verbal habit, pet phrase — something a person says unconsciously out of habit
- 慣用句: idiomatic expression — a linguistic term for fixed expressions with non-literal meanings