常つね

つ

ね

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

usual state of things; ordinary course; way things normally are

A noun and の-adjectival use for what is normal, usual, or the expected course of things. Often appears in set phrases such as 世の常, meaning 'the way of the world.'

人ひとの心こころが変かわるのは世よの常つねだ。
It is the way of the world for people's feelings to change.
これを常つねのこととして受うけ止とめてはいけない。
You must not accept this as the normal state of affairs.

Written forms

常つねUsage80%
Standard and common kanji spelling for つね in the sense of the ordinary or usual state of things.
つねUsage20%
恒つねUsage<1%
Attested alternative spelling, but uncommon as a standalone つね; 恒 is more familiar in compounds expressing constancy.

Kanji

常usual, ordinary, normal
恒constancy, always

Similar words

いつも
A common adverb meaning 'always' or 'usually'; 常 is a noun-like word for the normal state or ordinary course of things.
普ふ通つう
Means 'normal' or 'ordinary' in broad everyday use; 常 sounds more fixed or set-phrase-like when referring to the way things generally are.
恒こう常じょう
A more formal noun meaning constancy or a steady state; it is closer to the idea represented by the rare spelling 恒.

Etymology

つね is a native Japanese word conventionally written with 常 for normality or constancy. The alternative 恒 also conveys constancy, but its standalone use for つね is uncommon; the precise historical development is not specified.

常つね

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