connective N3 common casualpolitewritten

例えば — for example

例えば・たとえば

Meaning

for example / for instance — introduces a concrete instance of a general statement just made

果物くだもの、例たとえばりんごやみかんが好すきだ。

I like fruit — for example, apples and oranges.

Attaches to	Form	Example
Sentence- or phrase-initial (before the example)	[general point]。例えば、[concrete instance]。	運動うんどう、例たとえばジョギングがいい。

暖あたたかい国くに、例たとえばタイやベトナムに住すんでみたい。

I'd like to live in a warm country — for instance, Thailand or Vietnam.

問題もんだいはいくつもある。例たとえば、予算よさんが足たりない。

There are several problems. For example, the budget is insufficient.

Often paired with 〜など or や to round out the list (例えば〜など). The conditional-looking 例えば〜ても ('even if, supposing') is a separate, more literary use meaning 'suppose that ~'.

Jengo shows 例えば the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Sources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.