Related words 凡ぼん 人じん 凡人 is a more formal, written term for an ordinary or mediocre person, while ただの人 is a colloquial phrase that emphasizes the lack of special status.
普ふ 通つう の 人ひと 普通の人 simply means 'ordinary person' without the contrastive or dismissive nuance of ただの人 , which often implies 'just a person, nothing more'.
Written forms ただの 人ひと
Standard kana-kanji mixed spelling; the most common written form.
只ただ の 人ひと
Kanji spelling using 只 ; less common and may appear in older or more formal texts.
Etymology A phrase composed of ただ (just, only) + の (possessive particle) + 人 (person). The combination literally means 'just a person' and is used idiomatically to refer to someone without special status.
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