月つき並なみ

also: げつじ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

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

every month; monthly

Literally 'every month' or 'monthly'. Used in formal or administrative contexts, such as 月並みの会合 (monthly meeting).

月つき並なみの会かい合ごうは第だい一いち月げつ曜よう日びに開ひらかれる。
The monthly meeting is held on the first Monday.

2

na-adjective, noun

trite; commonplace; hackneyed

Only with reading つきなみ

Describes ideas, expressions, or works that are unoriginal and clichéd. Originally an insult toward poets who met monthly and produced formulaic verse. Often used as 月並みな意見 (a trite opinion) or 月並みな表現 (a hackneyed expression).

彼かれのスピーチは月つき並なみな言こと葉ばばかりだった。
His speech was full of trite phrases.
月つき並なみな発はっ想そうでは、いい企き画かくは生うまれない。
You can't come up with a good plan with conventional thinking.

Written forms

月つき並なみUsage42%
Standard modern spelling for both senses.
月次Usage46%
- げつじ
  Rare kanji form for the 'every month' sense, read げつじ. Not used for the 'trite' sense.
- つきなみ
月つき並なみUsage12%
Common variant without okurigana; slightly more formal or literary feel.
げつじ

Kanji

月month, moon
並row, and, besides
次next, order, sequence

Similar words

ありきたり
ありきたり also means 'commonplace' or 'run-of-the-mill', but is more neutral and less negative than 月並み, which strongly implies a lack of originality.
陳ちん腐ぷ
陳腐 means 'stale' or 'outworn', emphasizing that something has lost freshness through overuse. 月並み focuses more on being unoriginal from the start.

Etymology

Originally referred to monthly (月並み) poetry gatherings. The 'trite' sense arose as a derogatory term for the formulaic verse produced at such meetings.