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先例せんれい (senrei)

precedent

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先例 (せんれい, senrei) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “precedent”.

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Example sentences 11

この取り組とりくみには先例せんれいがありません

There is no precedent for this approach.

そんな先例せんれいはない。

We have no such example.

これでは先例に背く.

This is against all precedents.

これには先例がまったくない.

There is no precedent for this.

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