Illustration: At a staff cafeteria table, a worker settles down with an ordinary lunch tray: a rice bowl, soup, a grilled fish portion, and a small vegetable dish. The three neighboring trays contain comparable everyday portions, with no elaborate garnishes or unusually large servings.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

並なみ

nami

ordinary, average

Example sentences

これは並なみの能力のうりょくではない。
This isn’t any ordinary ability.
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彼かれは並なみの大学生だいがくせいより一段上いちだんじょうだ。
He is a cut above the average college student.
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彼かれは並なみの学生がくせいではない。
He is above the ordinary type of student.
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Kanji in 並

並row; andOnヘイ・ホウKunなみ・なみ・ならべる

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