Illustration: At a neighborhood breakfast counter, an elderly regular is just sliding onto his usual stool while the server already sets down his familiar breakfast tray. His hand reaches automatically toward the exact spot where she places his tea cup, and neither needs to look.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

常つね

tsune

the usual way

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれと一緒いっしょに学校がっこうに行いくのが常つねだった。

    I used to go to school with him.

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  2. 父ちちは「時ときは金かねなり」と言いうのが常つねでした。

    Father used to say that time is money.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしが子供こどもの頃ころ、毎日泳まいにちおよぐのが常つねでした。

    I used to swim every day when I was a child.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 常

  • 常usual; ordinaryOnジョウKunつね・とこ-

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