れい
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. custom; practice; habit; usual
2. said; aforementioned
3. instance; example; case; illustration; usage
4. precedent
Kanji used
example
Pitch accent
Top 1100
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
proportion
as usual; as is one's habit
Examples (25 in total)
The examples are as follows.
Show me another example.
Look at the following example.
Let's meet at the usual place.
See the example given above.
I remember that place.
"Did you bring the book?" "Oh, I forgot it!"
I think this is a case in point.
This is an example of the survival of the fittest, as it is called.
That's not a very good example.
Have you answered that letter yet?
Let's simply look at this example.
I've been reading that book all afternoon.
Reporter: Can you give me an example?
He followed in his father's footsteps.
It's a perfect example of cruel fate.
He illustrated his theory with examples.
I think he has something to do with that scandal.
Wherever you may go, you may find examples of his evil doings.
That accident is a good example of his carelessness.
The speaker illustrated the theory with examples.
Now let's return to the main problem of education.
"He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.
I really liked this example.
This is an interesting case where there is no principal determining element.