How to say "norm" in Japanese

• 基準きじゅんJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers 'norm' as a criterion or benchmark — a reference point against which things are judged or measured. Choose it when the norm is a yardstick for evaluation, not a description of what is typical.
  あいての基準きじゅんを受け入うけいれるのは、そのあいての力ちからに服従ふくじゅうすることだ。↗

  Accepting the other's norms is submitting to the other's power.
• 標準ひょうじゅんJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounFits 'norm' meaning the usual, expected, or typical level — what counts as normal, as in 'a deviation from the norm'. It also covers the sense of a standard model or form.
  私は標準ひょうじゅん英語えいごを勉強べんきょうしたい。↗

  I want to learn standard English.
• 規格きかくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounReally denotes formal standards and specifications for products, materials, or procedures in technical and industrial contexts. As a translation of 'norm' it is marginal: use it only when 'norm' means such a standardized specification.
• 規範きはんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe closest match for 'norm' as a model or rule that guides conduct — social, moral, or legal norms. It presents the norm as a pattern people are expected to conform to.
  倫理学りんりがくというのは、行動こうどうの規範きはんを意味いみする。↗

  Ethics means the rules of conduct.

Use 規範 for norms that govern behavior, 基準 for a norm serving as a criterion or benchmark, 標準 for the norm as the usual or expected level, and 規格 only for formal technical standards.

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• 基準きじゅんstandard
• 標準ひょうじゅんstandard
• 規格きかくstandard
• 規範きはんmodel
• ノームnorm
• ノルムnorm
• 準縄じゅんじょうa level and inked string
• 規矩きくstandard