Illustration: At a small neighborhood breakfast shop, the proprietor places a regular customer's usual tray in front of him before he has fully settled onto his stool. He reaches automatically toward the familiar chopstick holder while setting his folded newspaper aside without opening it.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

平へい常じょう

heijou

usual, normal

Example sentences

  1. 社屋しゃおくや従業員じゅうぎょういんに被害ひがいはなく、平常へいじょう通どおり営業えいぎょうしている。

    There was no damage to the office, or workers, and we’re in business as usual.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ほとんどの場合ばあいは1月がつ4日かごろから平常へいじょう営業えいぎょうに戻もどる。

    Most of such stores return to their normal operation on around January 4th.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 生活せいかつはようやく平常へいじょうに戻もどるかと思おもいきや、感染第二波かんせんだいにはがきた。

    Just when I thought life was finally returning to normal, a second wave of infections hit.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 平常

  • 平even; flatOnヘイ・ビョウ・ヒョウKunたいら・たいらげる・ひら
  • 常usual; ordinaryOnジョウKunつね・とこ-

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