noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective
normal; ordinary; usual; average
Describes something as not special, unusual, or exceptional. Depending on context, it can be neutral ('ordinary/standard') or mildly evaluative as 'average' or 'nothing special.'
彼は普通の会社員です。
He is an ordinary office worker.
The difficulty of the exam was average.
Adverbial use, often as 普通は or sentence-initial 普通, meaning what is generally the case or what usually happens.
Usually, a reservation is required.
This shop is normally closed on Mondays.
local train; train stopping at every station
Railway abbreviation of 普通列車. Used as a train-service category meaning a local train that stops at every station, in contrast with rapid, express, or limited express services.
See also: 普通列車
The next local train leaves from platform 3.
Only local trains stop at this station.
He's an ordinary office worker.
I normally get up at 9.
This cake is actually pretty good.
I went to Shinjuku by local train instead of the express.
普通 is the everyday word for 'ordinary/normal' used in casual speech, while 平均的 carries a more statistical or comparative nuance of being near a numerical average.
普通 means normal or usual in a general sense, while 並み specifically evaluates something as being at an average grade or level compared to better or worse options.
一般に describes broad general tendencies or common views, while 普通 more often means 'usually' or 'normally' in everyday contexts.
平 describes something ordinary or without special rank, whereas 普通 is the everyday, general-purpose word for 'normal' or 'usual'.
普通 is the everyday word for ordinary or usual, while 一様 in this sense is more formal and literary, often seen in negatives like 一様ならぬ.
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.
普通 means 'ordinary' or 'usual' in a broad, everyday sense, while 正常 specifically stresses a correct state free of malfunction or disorder.
普通 is a colloquial, all-purpose word for 'ordinary' or 'common', while 平常 is more formal and specifically describes a steady, unchanged state.
普通 is a general word for 'normal' or 'usual' in any context, while 人並み specifically means being at the level of an average person.
普通 means 'normal/ordinary' focusing on the absence of anything special, while 一般的 emphasizes that something is widespread or typical across a group.
普通 means 'ordinary' or 'usual' with a focus on commonness, while スタンダード implies a recognized benchmark or typical model.
普通 means 'ordinary, average' as a neutral baseline, while まあまあ adds a slightly evaluative, mildly underwhelmed nuance.
普通 means 'normal' or 'ordinary' in broad everyday use, while 常 sounds more fixed or set-phrase-like when referring to the way things generally are.
普通 describes what is normal as a fixed standard, while 大抵 describes what happens most of the time in practice.
普通 simply means 'normal' or 'usual' without judgment, while 当たり前 adds the nuance that something is expected or taken for granted.
普通 is the everyday, casual word for ordinary or normal, while 常軌 is a formal, abstract term mainly used in phrases about deviating from normal conduct.
普通 is a very common everyday word for 'ordinary/normal', whereas 標準的 sounds more formal and technical.
普通 is the casual, everyday word for 'usually/normal', while 通例 carries a more formal, explanatory tone often used in written contexts.
普通 simply means 'ordinary' in everyday speech, while 標準 carries a slightly more formal sense of a benchmark level that ordinary things meet.
普通 means 'normal, ordinary', the direct opposite of 異様's sense of strange or abnormal.
普通 (local train) stops at every station, the opposite end of the speed spectrum from 準急, which skips some stations.
普通 means 'ordinary' or 'normal', the direct opposite of 妙's sense of being strange or odd.
普通 describes something ordinary or standard, the direct opposite of 変わった, which describes something that stands out as unusual.
普通 means 'ordinary, common', the opposite of 独特's sense of being one-of-a-kind.
普通 means 'ordinary' or 'normal', the direct opposite of 奇異's sense of standing out as strange.
普通 means 'ordinary' or 'regular', the opposite of 特製, which describes something specially made or of higher quality.
普通 means ordinary or common, the direct opposite of 珍しい, which means rare or uncommon.
普通 means ordinary or normal, the direct opposite of 奇妙's sense of being strange or out of the ordinary.
普通 means 'ordinary/common', the direct opposite of 特異's sense of standing out as unusual.
normal child; non-disabled child
ordinary goods; average-quality article
ordinary seat; standard seat; economy class seat
ball ammunition; standard bullet
normal style of writing; modern Japanese text · text written in literary style with mixed kanji and kana (until the Taisho era)
general education school; non-specialist school
Casual katakana spelling used for emphasis or a conversational tone, mainly for 'ordinary' or 'normally'; not standard formal writing and not the usual spelling for the train-type label.