その規則があてはまることのない場合がある。

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

rules; regulations; conventions

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

not; emphatic suffix

case; situation

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about