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前例 ぜんれい N1

  1. precedent

前例に倣う ぜんれいにならう

  1. to follow (copy after) a precedent

前例主義 ぜんれいしゅぎ

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

倣う ならう N2

  1. to copy; to emulate; to follow; to imitate
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