日課|にっかnikka[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundaily routine; daily work; daily lesson
   朝あさ食前しょくぜんに新聞しんぶんを読よむのが私の日課にっかです。↗

   My routine is to read the newspaper before breakfast.

• SynonymルーチンNeutralNeutral loanword for a fixed routine or habitual procedure, not limited to daily ones; 「日課」 is something you do every day.
• Relatedお決まりおきまりCasualColloquial for a habitual, worn-out pattern, often with a teasing tone, as in 「お決まりのパターン」; 「日課」 is something you must do every day.

Use 「日課」 for something you do every day, as in 「散歩が日課」. Use 「ルーチン」 for fixed routine procedures, and 「お決まり」 for tired, predictable patterns.

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1. 毎日まいにち決きめて行おこなう仕事しごとや物事ものごと。