平凡

heibon

adjective★Beginner

general

Ordinary, common, or unremarkable; lacking in excitement or distinction.

平凡な日々を過ごす

To spend ordinary days

平凡な仕事

An ordinary job

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Often used to describe something that is average or unexceptional.

Collocations

平凡な生活ordinary life平凡な日々ordinary days平凡な仕事ordinary job

平凡な人生phrase

an ordinary life

平凡を超えるphrase

to go beyond the ordinary

While '平凡' can describe something as ordinary, it can also imply contentment with simplicity.

Use '平凡' to describe things that are neither exceptional nor particularly bad, just average.

Composed of '平' (flat, level) and '凡' (ordinary, common).

Can be used both positively (as in 'simple and content') or negatively (as in 'boring and uninspired').

平

flat, level

root

凡

ordinary, common

root

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