ノーマルnoomaru

1. na-adjectivenormal

• Synonym正常せいじょうNeutralRefers to a state with nothing wrong or abnormal, as in 「正常値」; loanword 「ノーマル」 leans toward the ordinary, standard style.
• Synonym尋常じんじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for being ordinary and common, mostly in negatives like 「尋常ではない」; 「ノーマル」 is a loanword.
• Synonym平均的へいきんてきNeutralDescribes being at the average level within a group; 「ノーマル」 leans toward normal and regular.
• Related当たり前あたりまえCasualColloquial; covers what is obvious, natural, or taken for granted, and the plainly ordinary; 「ノーマル」 leans toward a standard, regular state.
• RelatedスタンダードNeutralLoanword for a standard or benchmark, also classic songs (standard numbers); 「ノーマル」 stresses being ordinary and unmodified.
• Antonym異常いじょうNeutralRefers to being different from the usual, abnormal; stands opposite 「ノーマル」's normal.
• Antonym変則へんそくWrittenWritten/formal prose for departing from rules, irregular; opposite of 「ノーマル」's regularity.
• AntonymアブノーマルNeutralLoanword for abnormal or perverse; the direct opposite of 「ノーマル」's sense of normal.

Use 「ノーマル」 for an ordinary, standard, unmodified state. For the absence of anything wrong pick 「正常」, for the obvious or taken-for-granted 「当たり前」, for abnormal 「異常」 or 「アブノーマル」, and for rule-breaking irregularity 「変則」.

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1. 普通ふつうであるさま。標準的ひょうじゅんてきなさま。
2. 正常せいじょうであるさま。
3. 一般的いっぱんてきな性的せいてき指向しこうを持もつ人ひと。異性愛者いせいあいしゃ。
4. ペンを親指おやゆびとそれ以外いがいの指ゆびの二に本ぽんで持もち、親指おやゆびを軸じくとして、もう一方いっぽうの指ゆびでペンを弾ひき一いち回転かいてんさせる技わざ。