ルーチンruuchin
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- nounroutine; routine duties; routine work
- noun, computingroutine
- Synonym日課にっかNeutralWhat you do every day as a fixed habit, as in 「散歩を日課にする」. 「ルーチン」 is not limited to daily matters — it covers routine work and set procedures generally.
- Synonymお決まりおきまりCasualColloquial for the same old, familiar way of doing things, often with a teasing tone, as in 「お決まりのパターン」. 「ルーチン」 leans more toward routine work.
- Antonym例外れいがいNeutralA case outside the usual rule or principle. It contrasts with 「ルーチン」 only as 'customary vs not' — non-routine work is not necessarily an exception.
- Antonym非ルーチンWrittenWork or processing that is not routine; the direct opposite of 「ルーチン」. A rare compound found mainly in written or formal prose.
Use 「ルーチン」 for routine work done by a fixed procedure, as in 「朝のルーチン」. Fixed daily habits are 「日課」; the same old routine in casual talk is 「お決まり」. 「非ルーチン」 (rare, written) means non-routine work; 「例外」 is a case that breaks the rule.
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