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.
凡百の書物を読み漁った。
He read through all kinds of books.
凡百の事情
Take various circumstances into consideration.
Rare alternative reading.
Rare alternative reading.
Compound of 凡 (bon, 'ordinary, common') and 百 (hyaku, 'hundred'), literally 'common hundred', implying a multitude of ordinary things. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.