凡ぼん愚ぐ

na-adjective, noun

common person; foolish commoner; mediocrity

A somewhat literary or formal term for an ordinary, unenlightened person, often with a nuance of foolishness or lack of refinement. Can be used self-deprecatingly or to describe the masses.

• 凡ぼん愚ぐの身みでは、その深しん遠えんな思し想そうを理り解かいできなかった。

  As a mere commoner, I could not grasp that profound thought.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんを凡ぼん愚ぐと称しょうして、決けっして偉えらぶらなかった。

  He called himself a foolish commoner and never acted superior.