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# an [[ordinary]] [[person]]
# an [[ordinary]] [[person]]; a [[petty]] person; a [[mediocre]] person
# a [[commoner]], someone who is not [[nobility]]
# a [[commoner]], someone who is not [[nobility]]


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This appears to be the more common reading.
This appears to be the more common reading.


The {{m|en|ordinary}} sense of this term is somewhat negative, with overtones of {{m|en|mediocre}}, {{m|en|unremarkable}}, {{m|en|lackluster}}.
The {{m|en|ordinary}} sense of this term is somewhat negative, with overtones of, {{m|en|unremarkable}}, {{m|en|lackluster}}.


=====Synonyms=====
=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|ordinary person}} {{ja-r|凡人|ぼんにん}} {{qualifier|see above}}; {{ja-r|凡夫|ぼんぶ}} {{qualifier|Buddhist overtones; used more in writing}}
* {{sense|ordinary person}} {{ja-r|凡人|ぼんにん}} {{qualifier|see above}}; {{ja-r|庸人|ようじん}}; {{ja-r|凡夫|ぼんぶ}} {{qualifier|Buddhist overtones; used more in writing}}
* {{sense|commoner}} {{ja-r|平民|へいみん}}: a commoner; {{ja-r|臣下|しんか}}: a commoner, a [[subject]]
* {{sense|commoner}} {{ja-r|平民|へいみん}}: a commoner; {{ja-r|臣下|しんか}}: a commoner, a [[subject]]


=====Antonyms=====
=====Antonyms=====
* {{sense|ordinary person}} {{ja-r|偉人|いじん}}: a [[magnificent]] person
* {{sense|ordinary person}} {{ja-r|偉人|いじん}}: a [[great]] person


===Etymology 3===
===Etymology 3===

Revision as of 00:21, 12 October 2015

Chinese

ordinary; every; all
ordinary; every; all; whatever; worldly
 
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(凡人)

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 凡人

  1. an ordinary person; common people
  2. a mortal

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ぼん
Grade: S
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 凡人 (bjom nyin). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hakka reading fàm-ngìn.

The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

(ぼん)(にん) (bonnin

  1. an ordinary person
  2. a commoner, someone who is not nobility
Usage notes

This reading appears to be somewhat less common than bonjin below.

The ordinary sense of this term is somewhat negative, with overtones of mediocre, unremarkable, lackluster.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ぼん
Grade: S
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Shift in pronunciation from bonnin above, using the kan'on reading of jin for .

Pronunciation

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Noun

(ぼん)(じん) (bonjin

  1. an ordinary person; a petty person; a mediocre person
  2. a commoner, someone who is not nobility
Usage notes

This appears to be the more common reading.

The ordinary sense of this term is somewhat negative, with overtones of, unremarkable, lackluster.

Synonyms
Antonyms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: S
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Shift in pronunciation from bonnin or bonjin above, using the kan'on reading for both characters.

This reading appears in use by the 有職家 (yūsokuka, people well acquainted with the rites and ceremonies of the imperial court and nobility).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

(はん)(じん) (hanjin

  1. (deprecated template usage) (rare, possibly obsolete) an ordinary person, a commoner
Usage notes

The hanjin reading is the least common.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN