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日常茶飯 (nichijousahan) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日にち常じょう茶さ飯はん

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じょ

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Meanings

1

everyday occurrence; commonplace event

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)›

A yojijukugo meaning something so ordinary it's like daily meals and tea. Often used in the phrase 日常茶飯事 (にちじょうさはんじ) with the same meaning.

この街まちでは、渋じゅう滞

たい

は

日にち

常じょう

茶さ

飯はん

だ

。

In this city, traffic jams are an everyday occurrence.

彼かれが遅ち刻こくするのは日にち常じょう茶さ飯はん事じだ。

His being late is a commonplace event.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
常usual, ordinary, normal
茶tea
飯meal, boiled rice

Related words

日にち常じょう茶さ飯はん事じ
A slightly longer form with the same meaning; 日常茶飯 is often used as an abbreviation.
日にち常じょう
Means 'daily' or 'everyday' as an adjective or noun, but does not carry the 'commonplace occurrence' nuance by itself.

Etymology

A yojijukugo combining 日常 (daily, everyday) and 茶飯 (tea and rice, i.e., daily meals), literally 'daily tea and rice', implying something as ordinary as everyday meals.