中位|ちゅういchuui[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounmedium; mediocrity; average

• Synonym平凡へいぼんNeutralNeutral: plain and unremarkable, with nothing distinctive; 「中位」 centers on a middle rank or grade.
• Synonym普通ふつうNeutralNeutral: the broadest word for normal or average; 「中位」 is specifically the middle spot in an ordering.
• Synonym凡ぼんWrittenWritten/formal prose: ordinariness, seen mostly in compounds like 「凡ミス」.
• Synonym人並みひとなみNeutralNeutral: the same as most people, as in 「人並みの生活」; 「中位」 focuses on a middle ranking.
• Synonym凡庸ぼんようWrittenWritten/formal prose: mediocre in ability, with a negative tinge, as in 「凡庸な作品」; 「中位」 is neutral.
• Synonym並なみNeutralNeutral: the regular grade of an item, as sushi 「並」; also a suffix 「〜並み」 meaning on a par with.
• Synonym中ちゅうNeutralNeutral: medium or middle grade, as 「中くらい」 or the 「上中下」 scale; 「中位」 is more written/formal.
• Synonym平均的へいきんてきNeutralNeutral: at the average level; 「中位」 focuses on a middle ranking.
• Synonym十人並みじゅうにんなみCasualColloquial: describes looks, skill and the like as unremarkable, as in 「十人並みの器量」; 「中位」 is about ranking in the middle.
• Synonym尋常一様じんじょういちようWrittenWritten/formal prose: a four-character term for utterly ordinary, mostly in the negative 「尋常一様ではない」.
• Synonym凡俗ぼんぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose: banal and ordinary, also the common run of people; carries a negative shade.
• Synonym平俗へいぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose: ordinary and accessible, also plain and easy to follow; rarely used.
• Synonym凡常ぼんじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: ordinary and commonplace, very rare; say 「平凡」 instead.
• Related世間並みせけんなみCasualColloquial: on a level with society at large, as in 「世間並みの給料」.
• Related適度てきどNeutralNeutral: moderate in degree, as in 「適度な運動」; 「中位」 means a middle ranking.
• Related控えめひかえめNeutralNeutral: reserved or restrained, as in 「塩分控えめ」; used differently from 「中位」.
• Related並大抵なみたいていNeutralNeutral: mostly negative, 「並大抵ではない」, saying hardship, effort or ability is no ordinary thing.
• Related適当てきとうNeutralNeutral: suitable or appropriate, but colloquially often sloppy or half-hearted; different use from 「中位」.
• Related当たり前あたりまえCasualColloquial: natural, a matter of course, also plain and ordinary; different use from 「中位」.
• Related尋常じんじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: ordinary, usually in the negative 「尋常ではない」.
• Related中間ちゅうかんNeutralNeutral: the position between two things, as in 「中間地点」; 「中位」 centers on rank or grade.
• Related程よいほどよいNeutralNeutral: an amount or degree that is just right; 「中位」 is about rank position.
• Related中庸ちゅうようWrittenWritten/formal prose: the middle way, neither extreme, a Confucian virtue; 「中位」 is a middle rank or grade.
• Antonym上位じょういNeutralNeutral antonym: a high rank or grade, the opposite of 「中位」.
• Antonym下位かいNeutralNeutral antonym: a low rank or grade, the opposite of 「中位」.

Use 「中位」 for a middle position in a ranking or grading, as in 「中位の成績」, and for the statistical median in 「中位数」. For plain ordinariness say 「普通」 or 「平凡」; for being like everyone else, 「人並み」; for a top rank, 「上位」. The others add specific shades: 「凡庸」 and 「凡俗」 are negative written words for mediocrity, 「程よい」 and 「適度」 mean just the right degree, and 「中間」 is a position between two things.

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1. （ちゅうい）中ちゅう程度ていどの位置いち・等級とうきゅう。
2. （ちゅうい）遊女ゆうじょの位くらいの一ひとつ。太夫たゆうの下もと、囲かこいの上うえ。天神てんじん。