凡人|ぼんじんbonjin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounordinary person; average person; mediocre person

• Synonym凡夫ぼんぷWrittenA Buddhist term for someone bound by worldly desires and delusion; also just an ordinary person. More written and archaic than 「凡人」, with a religious flavor.
• Antonym天才てんさいNeutralAntonym: a person with extraordinary innate ability, the very opposite of a mediocre 「凡人」.
• Antonym偉人いじんNeutralAntonym: a great, eminent person, the opposite of an ordinary 「凡人」.

Use 「凡人」 for an ordinary, average person, often humbly about yourself or in contrast, as in 「凡人には理解できない」. For Buddhist or written, archaic contexts choose 「凡夫」. The antonyms 「天才」 and 「偉人」 describe exceptional people, not ordinary ones.

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1. 凡庸ぼんような人ひと。平凡へいぼんな人ひと。
2. 家柄いえがらの低ひくい人ひと。
3. 軍人ぐんじんではない人ひと。文民ぶんみん。civilianの訳語やくご。