尋じん常じょう

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na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

Describes something that is normal, standard, or not special. Often used in negative contexts (尋常ではない) to mean 'extraordinary' or 'unusual'.

彼かれの努ど力りょくは尋じん常じょうではなかった。

His effort was extraordinary.

これは尋じん常じょうなことではない。

This is not an ordinary thing.

〈事こと〉が尋じん常じょうではないfor a thing/situation to be extraordinary or not normal
彼かれの怒いかり方かたは尋じん常じょうではなかった。
The way he got angry was not normal at all.
尋じん常じょうな〈手しゅ段だん〉an ordinary/normal means or method
尋じん常じょうな手しゅ段だんでは解かい決けつできない問もん題だいだ。
It's a problem that can't be solved by ordinary means.
尋じん常じょうに〈動どう詞し〉to do something in an ordinary, normal way
彼かれは尋じん常じょうに暮くらすことを望のぞんでいた。
He wished to live an ordinary life.

普ふ通つうN4
普通 is the everyday, neutral word for 'ordinary,' while 尋常 is more formal and mainly appears in set phrases or negative expressions like 尋常ではない.
正せい常じょうN2
正常 describes something functioning correctly or in its proper state, whereas 尋常 simply means 'not unusual' or 'common.'

異い常じょうN3
異常 means 'abnormal' or 'unusual,' the direct opposite of 尋常's sense of being common or ordinary.

From Middle Chinese 尋常 (MC zim dzyang), originally a unit of length (8 尺 and 16 尺), later extended to mean 'ordinary' or 'common'.

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