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常識 (joushiki) Japanese meaning: common sense | Kotomora
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He lacks common sense, so he sometimes says troublesome things.
Not being late is basic common sense for a working adult.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 常じょう 識しき がある someone has common sense
He has no common sense, so he causes trouble often.
〈 事こと 〉 は 常じょう 識しき だ it's common knowledge that ~
Not talking on the phone on the train is just common sense.
常じょう 識しき として as a matter of common sense
As a matter of common sense, you bring a small gift when visiting someone's home.
常じょう 識しき を 疑うたが う to question someone's common sense
Saying something like that makes me question his common sense.
Kanji 識 discriminating, know, write Related words 良識 stresses sound moral judgment and good sense, while 常識 refers more broadly to widely shared knowledge and social norms.
通念 refers to a commonly accepted idea or conventional belief, while 常識 covers general practical knowledge and expected social behavior more broadly.
分別 emphasizes personal discretion and the ability to judge situations wisely, whereas 常識 is the shared knowledge and norms everyone is expected to know.
常識 is general common sense expected of everyone, while 人情 in this sense refers specifically to the emotional and customary expectations rooted in human feeling.
Word family· 13 lack of common sense; senselessness; absurdity
person of common sense; sensible person
sensible person; person of common sense
Etymology Compound of 常 (じょう, 'usual, ordinary') and 識 (しき, 'knowledge, discernment'). The word has been used in Japanese since at least the Meiji period to translate Western concepts of 'common sense.'
的てき
commonsense; sensible; ordinary
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom
Show 6 more lack of common sense; senselessness
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
commonsense judgment
philosophy of common sense
School of Common Sense
unconventional; outside the box; breaking with common sense
