also: ぼんびゃく · ぼんひゃく · はんぴゃく
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
Literary and somewhat old-fashioned; used to refer to a wide variety of things or people, often in a generalizing or dismissive tone. Mostly found in written language.
He read through all kinds of books.
Take various circumstances into consideration.
Literary kanji compound; the most common reading is ぼんぴゃく. Other readings are rare or archaic.
Rare alternative reading.
Rare alternative reading.
Rare alternative reading.
凡百 is a Sino-Japanese compound in which 凡 means “all” or “in general” and 百 denotes multiplicity, giving the sense “all kinds” or “the many.”