実例|じつれいjitsurei[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounexample; illustration; precedent
   実例じつれいは教訓きょうくんにまさる。↗

   Example is better than precept.

• Synonym例れいNeutralThe all-purpose word for an example or instance. 実例 stresses that the example actually happened.
• Synonym事例じれいWrittenA concrete case or case study, leaning to written and formal prose. 実例 stresses that it really happened.
• Synonym前例ぜんれいNeutralA precedent from the past, often in the negative 「前例がない」. 実例 is not restricted to past events.
• Synonym先例せんれいWrittenA precedent to refer to; more formal than 前例 and typical of written prose. 実例 centers on the example as an illustration.
• SynonymケースNeutralA loanword, neutral in tone, for a case or situation, as in 「ケースバイケース」.
• Synonym適例てきれいWrittenA fitting, typical example, in formal written prose. 実例 stresses that it really happened; 適例 stresses typicality.

Use 「実例」 for an example that actually happened. For examples in general, say 「例」; for cases, 「事例」 or 「ケース」; for past precedents, 「前例」. 「先例」 is the formal word for a precedent, 「適例」 a typical, well-chosen one.

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1. 実際じっさいにあった例れい。