English–Japanese

“ordinary” in Japanese

Japanese

Also平凡 (heibon) · 人並み (hitonami)

Romajitada

これはただの本です。ko re wa ta da no hon de su

This is an ordinary book.

“Ordinary” in Japanese is ただ (tada).

Marks something as plain, unremarkable, and lacking a special distinction, which gives it the sense of ordinary or mere.

それはただのうわさです。so re wa ta da no u wa sa de su

That is just a rumor.

For beginners, ただの (tada no) is useful because it can describe an unremarkable noun as "ordinary," while in some contexts the same pattern is translated as "mere."

heibon

na-adjectiveordinary

これは平凡な話です。ko re wa hei bon na hanashi de su

This is an ordinary story.

hitonami

na-adjectiveordinary

私は人並みの生活をしています。watashi wa hito na mi no sei katsu o shi te i ma su

I live an ordinary life.