凡ぼん俗ぞく

na-adjective, noun

mediocrity; the masses; ordinary people

Refers to the common, unremarkable majority of people or their mediocre quality. Often used in a slightly dismissive or self-deprecating tone.

• 彼かれは凡ぼん俗ぞくな人にん間げんとは違ちがうと思おもっている。

  He thinks he is different from ordinary people.

• 凡ぼん俗ぞくの域いきを出でない作さく品ひんだ。

  It's a work that never rises above mediocrity.