ありふれた・有り触れたarifureta

1. prenominal modifiercommon; commonplace; ordinary; familiar; everyday; garden-variety; trite; stale; hackneyed; stereotyped
   全まったくありふれた人間にんげんにすぎない。↗

   He is just an ordinary person.

• Synonym世間並みせけんなみNeutralDescribes life or behavior on a level with society at large, as in 「世間並みの生活」; the emphasis is on meeting the general standard.
• Synonym平凡へいぼんNeutralMeans plain and unremarkable, as in 「平凡な毎日」; it can be neutral but often carries a hint of mediocrity.
• Synonym普通ふつうNeutralMeans normal or ordinary; the most common word in speech, and it carries no pejorative nuance of staleness.
• Synonym凡ぼんNeutralMeans ordinary or mediocre, but mostly appears as a prefix in words like 「凡人」 or 「凡作」; on its own it is rare.
• Synonym人並みひとなみNeutralMeans being like everyone else, as in 「人並みの幸せ」; the nuance is keeping up with others rather than being commonplace.
• Synonym凡庸ぼんようNeutralSuggests mediocre talent or quality, as in 「凡庸な作品」; more strongly negative than 「平凡」.
• Synonym尋常じんじょうNeutralMeans ordinary, but is mostly used in the negative 「尋常ではない」 to say something is out of the ordinary.
• Synonym通俗つうぞくNeutralMeans popular with the general public, as in 「通俗小説」; the point is being easy to grasp, not necessarily stale.
• Synonym陳腐ちんぷNeutralMeans stale and hackneyed, as in 「陳腐な表現」; clearly pejorative, judging the thing worn out.
• SynonymありきたりNeutralMeans common and hackneyed; close to 「ありふれた」, but leans more toward sticking to old formulas and lacking originality.
• Synonym尋常一様じんじょういちようWrittenA four-character idiom for plain and unremarkable, used mostly in the negative 「尋常一様ではない」; written/formal prose.
• Synonym凡俗ぼんぞくWrittenWritten/formal word for mediocre and lacking distinction, of people or things alike; harsher than 「ありふれた」.
• Synonym平俗へいぞくWrittenWritten/formal and rarely used; means plain and unoriginal, but can also mean easy to follow, as in 「平俗な文体」.
• Synonym決まりきったきまりきったNeutralDescribes formulaic, set-pattern things, as in 「決まりきった挨拶」; the nuance is the same thing repeated every time.
• Synonym十人並みじゅうにんなみNeutralRates looks or ability as middling, as in 「十人並みの器量」; the emphasis is on being squarely average.
• Synonym日常的にちじょうてきNeutralMeans everyday or routine, as in 「日常的な風景」; purely neutral, with no negative coloring.
• Related当たり前あたりまえNeutralCenters on being natural or a matter of course; something can be 「当たり前」 without being widely seen.
• Related並大抵なみたいていNeutralUsually negative: 「並大抵ではない」 means far from ordinary, i.e. quite exceptional.
• Related常識的じょうしきてきNeutralMeans sensible and in line with common sense, as in 「常識的な判断」; the emphasis is on reasonableness.
• Related庸劣ようれつWrittenWritten/formal and rare; means mediocre and inferior, and is much harsher than 「ありふれた」.
• Related何の変哲もないなんのへんてつもないNeutralA set phrase for utterly unremarkable, as in 「何の変哲もない石」; stresses that nothing about it stands out.
• Related凡常ぼんじょうWrittenWritten/formal and old-fashioned; in daily speech just say 「平凡」 instead.
• Antonym珍しいめずらしいNeutralAntonym: rare or novel, the opposite of something found everywhere.
• Antonym特別とくべつNeutralAntonym: special or exceptional, the opposite of plain and ordinary.
• Antonym希有けうWrittenAntonym: rare or uncommon; a written/formal counterpart to 「ありふれた」.

Use 「ありふれた」 for things found everywhere and nothing to marvel at, as in 「ありふれた話」. For plain and unremarkable say 「平凡」; for stale, formulaic things say 「ありきたり」 or 「陳腐」; for simply normal say 「普通」. 「人並み」 and 「世間並み」 stress being on a level with everyone else, 「凡庸」 and 「庸劣」 judge mediocrity harshly, and 「当たり前」 stresses what is only natural. Antonyms: 「珍しい」, 「希有」, 「特別」.

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1. 珍めずらしくない。どこにでもある。