Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Kanji 徒 on foot, junior, emptiness Related words 凡ぼん 人じん 凡人 is a more formal, neutral term for an ordinary or mediocre person, while 只者 is almost exclusively used in negative constructions to emphasize extraordinariness.
普ふ 通つう の 人ひと 普通の人 is a straightforward, everyday phrase for 'ordinary person', whereas 只者 carries a stronger nuance of being remarkable when negated.
Written forms 只ただ 者もの Usage 24%
ただ 者もの Usage 67%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in informal writing.
タダモノ Usage 9%
徒者ただもの
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 只 (tada, 'ordinary, mere') and 者 (mono, 'person'). The reading ただもの is a straightforward combination of the two elements.
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