紋もん切きり型がた

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Common word

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed

Describes expressions, ideas, or behavior that follow a fixed pattern and lack originality. Often used critically of clichéd speech or writing.

彼かれのスピーチは紋もん切きり型がたで、聞きいているのが退たい屈くつだった。
His speech was formulaic and boring to listen to.
紋もん切きり型がたの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してください。
Avoid stereotyped expressions and speak in your own words.

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Usage patterns

紋もん切きり型がたの〈事こと〉a stereotyped/formulaic ~ (expression, idea, etc.)
彼かれのスピーチは紋もん切きり型がたの表ひょう現げんばかりだった。
His speech was full of clichéd expressions.
紋もん切きり型がたに〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a formulaic, predictable manner
彼かの女じょは質しつ問もんに紋もん切きり型がたに答こたえた。
She answered the question in a formulaic way.

Kanji

紋family crest, figures
切cut, cutoff, be sharp
型mould, type, model

Related words

決きまり文もん句く
決まり文句 is a fixed, often short set phrase, while 紋切り型 refers more broadly to any formulaic, unoriginal pattern of thought or expression.
型かた通どおり
型通り describes something done strictly according to convention or form, whereas 紋切り型 adds a critical nuance of being stale and uncreative.
陳ちん腐ぷN1
陳腐 emphasizes that something is stale or trite in a general sense, while 紋切り型 specifically points to a rigid, repeated pattern of expression.

Opposites

独どく創そう的てきN1
独創的 means original and creative, the opposite of 紋切り型's sense of being formulaic and unoriginal.

Built from

紋もん+切きる+型かた

Written forms

紋もん切きり型がた
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
紋もん切きり型がた
Variant spelling without り; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Originally referred to a stencil (型) used to cut (切る) family crests (紋) in a fixed pattern. The meaning extended metaphorically to anything rigidly patterned and lacking originality.