例外|れいがいreigai[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveexception
   この規則きそくには例外れいがいは認みとめられない。↗

   This rule allows no exception.

• Synonym異例いれいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Something rare and out of the ordinary, as in 「異例の昇進」; stresses rarity, while 「例外」 stresses a case not covered by the rule.
• Synonym特例とくれいWrittenWritten/formal prose. An exception specially provided for, as in 「特例措置」; stresses special treatment built into a system or set of rules.
• Antonym原則げんそくNeutralNeutral. A principle or general rule; the direct opposite of 「例外」.
• Antonym通例つうれいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Convention or the usual state of affairs; the opposite of 「例外」.

Use 「例外」 for a case the general rule does not apply to. For something rare and out of the ordinary, say 「異例」; for special treatment built into a system, 「特例」. 「原則」 is the opposite: the general rule itself.

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1. 通例つうれいや原則げんそくから外はずれるもの。広ひろく通用つうようしているものに当て嵌あてはまらないもの。