| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 例えば | たとえば | for example, eg. |
| 例える | たとえる | to compare, to liken, to speak figuratively |
| 例 | れい | instance, example, case |
| 例外 | れいがい | exception |
| 例文 | れいぶん | example sentence |
| 事例 | じれい | example, precedent |
| 例年 | れいねん | average (normal, ordinary) year, every year, annually |
| 先例に倣う | せんれいにならう | to follow precedent |
| 前例に倣う | ぜんれいにならう | to follow (copy after) a precedent |
| 反比例 | はんぴれい | inverse proportion |
| 嘉例 | かれい | happy precedent |
| 定例 | ていれい | regularity |
| 恒例 | こうれい | established practice, established practise, custom |
| 慣例 | かんれい | custom, precedent, of convention |
| 条例 | じょうれい | regulations, rules, laws, acts, ordinance |
| 比例 | ひれい | proportion |
| 特例 | とくれい | special case, exception |
| 異例 | いれい | exception, illness, singular, exceptional, unprecedented |
| 症例 | しょうれい | (medical) case |