How to say "everyday" in Japanese

• 日常にちじょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjective, adverbThe default word for 'everyday' in the sense of daily life: 日常の生活, everyday routines and occurrences. It describes what belongs to ordinary, day-to-day living rather than special occasions.
  日常にちじょうの運動うんどうはあなたのためになる。↗

  Moderate exercise is good for you.
• 普段ふだんJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers 'everyday' in the sense of 'usual, habitual' — what one normally does or wears as opposed to on special occasions. It points to a person's regular habits and ordinary state of affairs.
• 日々ひびJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveUsed for 'everyday' when emphasizing the sequence of days themselves — daily life as it passes, day after day. It often carries a literary flavor of time flowing and accumulating.
  彼かれはどうやって日々ひびの生計せいけいをたてていたのですか。↗

  How did he earn his daily bread?
• 平常へいじょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveGlossed 'everyday', but its real sense is 'normal, usual' — a state being back to or remaining normal. It is rarely the word you want for 'everyday'; think of it chiefly as 'normal/ordinary'.
• 平素へいそCommon
  no-adjectiveAlso glossed toward 'everyday', but it really means 'usual, regular' and is a stiff, formal word typical of polite correspondence. It is seldom the natural choice for expressing 'everyday'.
  平素へいそからの当店とうてんに対たいするご愛顧あいこに感謝かんしゃしております。↗

  Thank you very much for patronizing our store for a long time.

日常 covers everyday life and routines, 普段 the usual state of things, 日々 the passing days, while 平常 and 平素 are formal words better suited to 'normal/usual' than to 'everyday'.

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• 日常にちじょうeveryday
• 普段ふだんusual
• 日々ひびdaily
• 平常へいじょうnormal
• 平素へいそusual
• ありふれたcommon
• 常日頃つねひごろeveryday
• 日常的にちじょうてきmundane
• 何の変哲もないなんのへんてつもないcompletely ordinary
• 不断ふだんusual
• 何気ないなにげないordinary