常じょう人じん

じょ

う

じ

ん

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

ordinary person; average person

Refers to a person without special abilities or status; often used in contrast to experts, geniuses, or extraordinary individuals.

彼かれは常じょう人じんとは思おもえないほどの集しゅう中ちゅう力りょくを持もっている。
He has a level of concentration that is hard to believe for an ordinary person.
常じょう人じんには理り解かいできない発はっ想そうだ。
It's an idea that an average person cannot understand.

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Kanji

常usual, ordinary, normal
人person

Related words

凡ぼん人じん
凡人 also means an ordinary person, but often carries a nuance of mediocrity or lack of talent, while 常人 is more neutral and simply contrasts with exceptional individuals.
普ふ通つうの人ひと
普通の人 is the most common, everyday expression for an ordinary person. 常人 is more formal and often used in written or analytical contexts.

Opposites

怪かい人じん
常人 means an ordinary, normal person, the opposite of the strange and enigmatic 怪人.
変へん人じん
変人 describes someone unusual or eccentric, while 常人 refers to an ordinary, normal person.
狂きょう人じん
常人 means an ordinary, sane person, the opposite of 狂人, a madman.

Word family

常じょう人じん逮たい捕ほ
citizen's arrest

Etymology

Compound of 常 (じょう, 'usual, ordinary') and 人 (じん, 'person'). The reading じょうじん is the standard on'yomi combination.