How to say "usual" in Japanese

• ただJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveMostly means 'free of charge' or 'merely'; when it does mean ordinary, the sense is 'nothing special' rather than a habitual state, so it is seldom the word you want for plain 'usual'.
  私はただの名無ななしの権兵衛ごんべえです。↗

  I am just a nobody.
• 普段ふだんJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe everyday, habitual sense of 'usual': what one normally wears, eats, or does on an ordinary day, as opposed to special occasions. The natural choice for personal routines and daily life.
• 通常つうじょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjective, adverbCovers 'usual' as the standard or default state of affairs — normal procedures, regular conditions — the opposite of exceptional or irregular; often in schedules, rules, and business settings.
  彼かれは、通常つうじょうバスで学校がっこうへ行いきます。↗

  He usually goes to school by bus.
• 尋常じんじょうCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveSeldom the word you want for plain 'usual'. In practice it lives in the negative, denying that something is ordinary — this is how you call something extraordinary or no ordinary matter.
  ジェーンの死しは尋常じんじょうではない。↗

  Jane didn't die a natural death.
• 平常へいじょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveDescribes a normal, steady state — things or a person as they are when nothing unusual is happening. Much of its use is in set expressions about keeping one's usual composure or operating as normal.

Use 普段 for everyday habits and routines and 通常 for the standard or default state of things; 平常 describes a normal state, 「ただ」 leans toward 'merely ordinary', and 尋常 works mainly in the negative.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• ただordinary
• 普段ふだんusual
• 通常つうじょうusual
• 尋常じんじょうcommon
• 平常へいじょうnormal
• 普通ふつうnormal
• 平素へいそusual
• 平生へいぜいusual
• 日常にちじょうeveryday
• 御定まりおさだまりusual
• 相も変わらぬあいもかわらぬusual
• 凡々ぼんぼんordinary
• 慣例的かんれいてきcustomary
• 世の常よのつねordinary
• 行きつけいきつけregular
• 通常型つうじょうがたconventional
• 慣用的かんようてきcustomary
• 毎度おなじみまいどおなじみsame old familiar
• 変哲もないへんてつもないordinary
• おざなりperfunctory
• お決まりおきまりstandard
• 慣習的かんしゅうてきcustomary
• 当たり前あたりまえusual
• 従来じゅうらいtraditional
• 不断ふだんusual
• 買い付けかいつけ(one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.)
• 一通りひととおりordinary
• 滅多めったordinary
• 一様いちようcommon
• いつもusual
• あったりまえusual