How to say "commonplace" in Japanese

• 平凡へいぼんJLPT N2approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounThe default choice for the general sense: someone or something unremarkable, without special talent, beauty, or originality. Fits descriptions of a life, appearance, or ability that is ordinary rather than striking.
  その模様もようの色いろは実じつに平凡へいぼんなものである。↗

  The colors of the pattern are very ordinary.
• 並々なみなみCommon
  na-adjective, nounEmphasizes being on a par with the average, nothing out of the ordinary. Very often seen in the negative, where the phrase comes to mean 'no ordinary…' or 'extraordinary'.
• 凡庸ぼんようCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveLeans toward the 'mediocre, banal' end: a judgment that a person, talent, or work lacks distinction or originality. Choose it when 'commonplace' is meant as criticism of quality rather than plain description.
• 常識的じょうしきてきCommon
  na-adjectiveCovers 'ordinary' in the sense of sensible and in line with common sense: what any reasonable person would think or do. It is not the word for dismissing something as dull or second-rate.
  ごく常識的じょうしきてきには、客きゃく２人ふたりに対たいして牛肉ぎゅうにく１ポンドを用意よういすべきだろうね。↗

  As a rule of thumb, you should plan on one pound of beef for every two guests.
• 通俗的つうぞくてきCommon
  na-adjectiveCovers the 'popular, common' side: aimed at, or typical of, the general public, with a shade of the unrefined. Suits writing, explanations, or entertainment for the masses, not an unremarkable life or person.

Use 平凡 for the general 'unremarkable' sense, 並々 for being average, 凡庸 when you mean mediocre or banal, 常識的 for sensible ordinariness, and 通俗的 for mass-appeal commonness.

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• 平凡へいぼんordinary
• 並々なみなみordinary
• 凡庸ぼんようmediocre
• 常識的じょうしきてきordinary
• 通俗的つうぞくてきpopular
• ありふれたcommon
• 褻けmundane
• ざらcommon
• 平俗へいぞくcommonplace
• どこにでもあるcommonplace
• どこにでもいるcommonplace (of people or animals)
• 常套じょうとうconventional
• 決まりきったきまりきったfixed
• 変哲もないへんてつもないordinary
• 何の変哲もないなんのへんてつもないcompletely ordinary
• 曲がないきょくがないconventional and uninteresting
• 月並みつきなみtrite
• 当たり前あたりまえusual