平々凡々

平平凡凡

Reading

Kana: へいへいぼんぼん
Romaji: heiheibonbon
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Definition

1

very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: ヘイ、 ビョウ、 ヒョウ、 たい.ら、 -だいら、 ひら、 ひら-
Meanings: even, flat, peace
Readings: ボン、 ハン、 およ.そ、 おうよ.そ、 すべ.て
Meanings: commonplace, ordinary, mediocre

Example Sentences

(かれ)ほど平々凡々(へいへいぼんぼん)たる主人公(しゅじんこう)(めずら)しい。
➥A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
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さまざまな才能(さいのう)(めぐ)まれて、なんでもそつなくこなす(あね)にとって、平々凡々(へいへいぼんぼん)たる(おれ)存在(そんざい)はひどく(ゆる)せないものらしい。
➥For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive.
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