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前例 (ぜんれい): precedent — Japanese vocabulary

前例 is read ぜんれい and means "precedent". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

前例

Reading
ぜんれい · zenrei
Translation
precedent
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ぜんれいが

Example

このような問題の前例はない。

このようなもんだいのぜんれいはない。

There is no precedent for such a case.

Kanji in this word

  • 前 — front, before
  • 例 — example

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