Illustration: Outside a suburban Japanese station on a rainy morning, commuters carry ordinary dome-shaped umbrellas with curved handles. The nearest commuter shakes water from just such an umbrella, matching the familiar shape repeated throughout the crowd and in a nearby umbrella rack.

JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ般ぱん的てき

ippanteki

common, general, typical

Example sentences

  1. 極きわめて一般的いっぱんてきな名前なまえです。

    It’s a pretty common name.

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  2. それは君きみが思おもっているより一般的いっぱんてきだよ。

    It’s more common than you think.

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  3. 一般的いっぱんてきにいえば、歴史れきしは繰くり返かえす。

    Generally speaking, history repeats itself.

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Kanji in 一般的

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 般carrier; carryOnハン
  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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