Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 平々凡々(へいへいぼんぼん) in Japanese

平々凡々, 平平凡凡
Kana Reading
へいへいぼんぼん
Romaji
heiheibonbon
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no', `taru' adjective, adverb taking the `to' particle
    Meaning
    very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
    Example sentence
    ほど平々凡々たる主人公珍しい A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.

Examples of 平々凡々, 平平凡凡, へいへいぼんぼん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

3 strokes

mediocre

On'Yomi: ボン, ハン

Kun'Yomi: およ.そ, おうよ.そ, すべ.て

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JLPT 3

5 strokes

even, flat, peace

On'Yomi: ヘイ, ビョウ, ヒョウ

Kun'Yomi: たい.ら, -だいら, ひら, ひら-

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