普

Meaning

普 centers on something that extends everywhere without exception: universal, widespread, or generally applicable. The historical reference to Prussia is a phonetic loan usage, not part of the core meaning.

• 普通ふつう
  N4

  normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average

• 普段ふだん
  N3

  usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary

• 普及ふきゅう
  N2

  diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

• 普遍ふへん
  N1

  universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent

• 普ふ

  ordinary bank account

• 普段着ふだんぎ
  N3

  everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

• 普天ふてん

  vault of heaven; whole world

• 普請ふしん

  building; construction

• 普賢ふげん

  Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion

• 普通預金ふつうよきん

  ordinary deposit

• 普遍的ふへんてき

  universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

• 普通選挙ふつうせんきょ

  universal suffrage

• 普及率ふきゅうりつ
  N2

  diffusion rate; rate of spread

• ごく普通ごくふつう

  completely normal; very ordinary; totally unremarkable; run-of-the-mill

• 仮普請かりぶしん

  temporary building

• 割り普請わりぶしん

  dividing work among several contractors

• 安普請やすぶしん

  cheap structure (e.g. of houses)

• 日本習字普及協会にほんしゅうじふきゅうきょうかい

  Japanese Calligraphy Promotion Organization

• 普仏戦争ふふつせんそう

  Franco-Prussian War

• 普免ふめん

  standard driver's licence

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