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JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

平へい凡ぼん

heibon

ordinary, unremarkable

Example sentences

  1. その模様もようの色いろは実じつに平凡へいぼんなものである。

    The colors of the pattern are very ordinary.

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  2. 彼かれはまったく平凡へいぼんな男おとこだ。

    He is just an ordinary person.

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  3. それはごく平凡へいぼんな物語ものがたりだ。

    It’s just another story.

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Kanji in 平凡

  • 平even; flatOnヘイ・ビョウ・ヒョウKunたいら・たいらげる・ひら
  • 凡commonplace; ordinaryOnボン・ハンKunおよそ・おうよそ・すべて

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