常じょう套とう表ひょう現げん

noun

conventional phrase; stock expression; cliché; platitude

Refers to a set phrase or expression that is overused and lacks originality, often with a negative connotation.

• 彼かれのスピーチは常じょう套とう表ひょう現げんばかりで、退たい屈くつだった。

  His speech was full of clichés and was boring.

• 就しゅう職しょく活かつ動どうの面めん接せつでは、常じょう套とう表ひょう現げんを避さけて自じ分ぶんの言こと葉ばで話はなすことが大たい切せつだ。

  In job interviews, it's important to avoid stock phrases and speak in your own words.