定例|ていれいteirei[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveregular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament)usu. ていれい
2. nounestablished usage; precedent; regular practice

• Synonym恒例こうれいNeutralAn event held regularly by custom, yearly or monthly, as in 「恒例の花火大会」; 「定例」 mostly refers to regularly scheduled sessions, as in 「定例会議」.
• Synonym慣行かんこうWrittenWritten word for practices widely observed by custom, as in 「商慣行」; 「定例」 stresses regular scheduling.
• Synonym常例じょうれいWrittenWritten and rarely used, for a customary practice; in everyday speech 「慣例」 or 「いつものこと」 is more natural.
• Related因習いんしゅうWrittenWritten word for outdated, outworn old customs, carrying a negative shade; 「定例」 is neutral.
• Related習慣しゅうかんNeutralPersonal or social habits; 「定例」 is something an organization holds on a set schedule, or an established practice.
• Related慣例かんれいWrittenA convention or precedent built up through repetition; 「定例」 stresses being held regularly on a fixed schedule.
• Related慣習かんしゅうWrittenWritten word for customs and conventions current in society at large; 「定例」 leans toward regular events within an organization.
• Related習わしならわしNeutralA habit or customary way of doing things, as in 「〜するのが習わしだ」; 「定例」 is a scheduled or established practice.
• Related風習ふうしゅうNeutralCustoms passed down in a particular place over generations, folkways; 「定例」 is about regularly held events or established practice.
• Related習俗しゅうぞくWrittenWritten word for folk customs and manners; 「定例」 is a convention in business or official affairs.
• Related決まりきまりNeutralRules and regulations, also set routines, as in 「お決まりのコース」; 「定例」 stresses the regular schedule.
• Related伝統でんとうNeutralCulture and practices handed down over a long time; 「定例」 is a regularly held event or established practice, without stressing long heritage.
• Related定石じょうせきNeutralOriginally a standard sequence of moves in go, by extension a standard play or stock tactic; 「定例」 is a regularly held event.
• RelatedしきたりNeutralRules and customs handed down from the past, with a traditional flavor; 「定例」 is a scheduled or customary practice, more administrative in feel.
• RelatedトラディションNeutralLoanword for tradition, not common in daily speech; for a regular scheduled practice use 「定例」.
• Related旧例きゅうれいWrittenWritten word for old, former conventions; 「定例」 is a current, ongoing regular practice.
• Related古例これいWrittenWritten and rare, for conventions from old times; in everyday speech say 「慣例」.
• Related御定まりおさだまりCasualColloquial, for the same old stereotyped thing, often said teasingly, as in 「お定まりの言い訳」; 「定例」 is a neutral term for a regular event.
• Antonym臨時りんじNeutralSpecial or temporary, held outside the regular cycle, as in 「臨時会議」, which may still be planned ahead; the opposite of 「定例」.

Use 「定例」 for regularly scheduled meetings and events. 「恒例」 fits events held at a fixed time each year or month by custom, like 「恒例の花火大会」; 「慣例」 covers conventions formed through repetition; 「仕来り」 is for traditional rules and customs; and 「臨時」 is the opposite — a special, one-off arrangement outside the regular series. The remaining words are mostly broader terms for habits, customs and traditions, or rare written forms.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （「じょうれい」とも）既すでに定さだまっている例れい。きまったしきたり。
2. 定期的ていきてきに行おこなうこと。