例の (no)

Meaning & usage

例の points to something already known to both speaker and listener, like 'that... we talked about' or 'the usual...'. It attaches directly to a noun. It also appears in the set phrase 例のない, meaning 'unprecedented' or 'as ever lived'.

Example sentences 8

1. 彼女かのじょはこれまでに例れいのないほどの偉大いだいな科学者かがくしゃだった。

   She was as great a scientist as ever lived.

2. 例のお客さん、またいちゃもんつけてきたわよ。

   That customer came back to complain again.

3. 若いけれども彼はこれまでに例のないほどの偉大な数学者である。

   Young as he is, he is as great a mathematician as ever lived.

4. さて例の教育に関しての本題に戻るとしよう。

   Now let's return to the main problem of education.

5. 彼は例のスキャンダルと関係があると思う。

   I think he has something to do with that scandal.

6. 「例の本持ってきた？」「あっ、忘れた！」

   "Did you bring the book?" "Oh, I forgot it!"

7. 午後はずっと例の本を読んでるんだよ。

   I've been reading that book all afternoon.

8. 例の場所のこと、思い出しています。

   I remember that place.