陳ちん腐ぷ

ち

ん

ぷ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

Describes ideas, expressions, or works that are unoriginal and worn out from overuse. Often used critically of writing, speech, or creative output.

映えい

画が

の

筋すじ

書が

き

は

陳ちん

腐ぷ

で

、

新しん

鮮せん

味み

が

なかっ

た

。

The movie's plot was clichéd and lacked freshness.

新しん鮮せん
Antonym meaning 'fresh' or 'novel'; 陳腐 describes the opposite quality of being stale or overused.
ありきたり
Means 'commonplace' or 'ordinary', often neutral; 陳腐 carries a stronger negative judgment of being trite or worn out.

Compound of 陳 (old, stale) and 腐 (rot, decay), literally 'stale and rotten', used metaphorically for ideas that have lost freshness.