先例|せんれいsenrei[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounprecedent
   そんな先例せんれいはない。↗

   We have no such example.

• Synonym前例ぜんれいNeutralNeutral and almost interchangeable with 「先例」; especially common in 「前例がない」 and 「前例のない」.
• Related先蹤せんしょうWrittenWritten and archaic: the traces or examples left by one's predecessors. Rare in modern Japanese; say 「先例」 or 「前例」 instead.
• Related前蹤ぜんしょうWrittenWritten and archaic: the deeds or examples of those who came before. Seldom used in modern Japanese.
• Antonym新例しんれいWrittenWritten: a new example with no earlier one, which may itself become a precedent; contrasts with 「先例」 only in being new rather than old.
• Antonym後例WrittenWritten: a later example, the opposite of the earlier 「先例」. An uncommon term.

Use 「先例」 for a past case you can follow, as in 「先例にならう」 or 「先例を作る」. 「前例」 is nearly the same, mostly in 「前例のない」. 「先蹤」 is archaic written prose; 「新例」 is a brand-new case.

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1. 先さきにあった事例じれい。前例ぜんれい。