決まり文句

決り文句、 きまり文句

Reading

Kana: きまりもんく

Romaji: kimarimonku

Definition

noun

1

cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase

Kanji

決

Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

句

Reading: ク

Meanings: phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

Example Sentences

これが彼(かれ)の決(き)まり文句(もんく)です。

➥This is his formula.

決(き)まり文句(もんく)は便利(べんり)だ、熟慮(じゅくりょ)の必要(ひつよう)がないのだから。

➥A formula is very convenient, because you need not think about it.