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先例 せんれい

  1. precedent

先例に倣う せんれいにならう

  1. to follow precedent

先例主義 せんれいしゅぎ

  1. following precedent (instead of trying something new); reliance on precedent

作る つくる N5

  1. to build; to construct; to make; to manufacture; to produce
  2. to brew (alcohol); to prepare (food)
  3. to cultivate; to grow; to raise; to train
  4. to till
  5. to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
  6. to compose; to create (an artistic work, etc.)
  7. to coin (a phrase); to establish; to found; to organise; to organize
  8. to have (a child)
  9. to make up (one's face, etc.)
  10. to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
  11. to feign (a smile, etc.); to give a (false) appearance; to put on a show of emotion
  12. to form (a line, etc.)
  13. to set (a record)
  14. to commit (a sin, etc.)
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