Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “決まり文句”

決まり文句

きまりもんく

set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line

Example sentence

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

Kanji details

決

・decide

・fix

・agree upon

・appoint

文

・sentence

・literature

・style

・art

・decoration

・figures

・plan

・literary radical (no. 67)

句

・phrase

・clause

・sentence

・passage

・paragraph

・counter for haiku