不ふ断だん

noun, na-adjective

indecisiveness

Only when written 不断

Rare as a standalone word in modern Japanese; most learners will encounter this idea in compounds such as 優柔不断.

• 「不ふ断だん」は、優ゆう柔じゅう不ふ断だんのように「決けつ断だんできないこと」を表あらわす場ば合あいがある。

  不斷 can sometimes mean an inability to decide, as in 優柔不断.

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

usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary

Only when written 普段

Everyday modern usage is written 普段 or sometimes ふだん; this sense under 不断 is now written as 普段. It can function adverbially as in 普段は and before の as in 普段の.

See also: 普段

• 普ふ段だんは電でん車しゃで通つう勤きんしています。

  I usually commute by train.

• 普ふ段だんの服ふく装そうで来きてください。

  Please come in your usual clothes.