How to say ordinary in Japanese

JLPTN3

ただtada^☆《唯・只・徒・但・常》タダTADA

~の noun / noun:

ordinary; common; usual
free of charge - only 只
unaffected; as is; safe - usu. as ただでは...

adverb:

only; merely; just; simply

conjunction:

but; however; nevertheless - esp. 但

Example Sentences

彼kare ほどhodo 平々凡々たるheiheibonbontaru 主人公shujinkou はha 珍しいmezurashii。: A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
及第点kyuudaiten よyo。これぐらいkoregurai 大したことないtaishitakotonai わwa。: It's passable. Nothing out of the ordinary.
要するにyousuruni タイマンTAIMAN 勝負shoubu なんだnanda けどkedo、そのsono 試合shiai 内容naiyou はha 常人joujin でde はha 考えられないkangaerarenai ほどhodo のno 高レベルkouREBERU。: Essentially it's a one-to-one match, but the content of that match is a level so high as to be unthinkable to an ordinary person.
庶民shomin のno なりわいnariwai はha、米kome をwo つくるtsukuru ことkoto だったdatta。: The ordinary people had their livelihood in farming rice.
「とするとtosuruto 石造りishizukuri？」「一般的なippantekinaＲＣ造よyo」: "So it's built from stone?" "It's ordinary reinforced concrete."

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