- 例えば【たとえば】 - for example, for instance, e.g. 
- 例外【れいがい】 - exception 
- 例える【たとえる】 - to compare (something) to, to liken, to speak figuratively, to use a simile, to use a metaphor 
- 比例【ひれい】 - proportion, proportional representation section (of an election) 
- 例年【れいねん】 - average (normal, ordinary) year, every year, annually 
- 条例【じょうれい】 - regulations, rules, (local) regulation, ordinance, bylaw, law 
- 恒例【こうれい】 - established practice, custom 
- 前例【ぜんれい】 - precedent 
- 実例【じつれい】 - example, illustration, precedent 
- 判例【はんれい】 - (judicial) precedent 
- 先例【せんれい】 - precedent 
- 例え【たとえ】 - example, simile, metaphor, allegory, fable, parable 
- 用例【ようれい】 - example, illustration 
- 例文【れいぶん】 - example sentence, illustrative sentence, model sentence 
- 異例【いれい】 - exceptional, unusual, extraordinary, unprecedented, singular 
- 特例【とくれい】 - special case, exception 
- 定例【ていれい】 - regular, ordinary (e.g. session of parliament), established usage, precedent, regular practice 
- 事例【じれい】 - example, precedent, case 
- 慣例【かんれい】 - custom, practice, convention, precedent 
- 月例【げつれい】 - monthly