other N3 uncommon casualpolitewritten
普通の — ordinary / usual / plain ~
普通の
Meaning
- ordinary / usual / plain / regular ~ — describing something as unremarkable, the standard kind, nothing special
Key sentence
彼はごく普通の会社員だ。
He's a perfectly ordinary office worker.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Noun (普通 is a な-noun; の links it adnominally) | 普通の + N | 普通の日 / 普通の生活 |
Examples
普通のやり方では間に合わない。
The usual way won't get it done in time.
特別なものではなく、普通のお茶でいい。
Nothing special — ordinary tea is fine.
See 普通の in real sentences
Jengo shows 普通の the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar. Editorial confidence: low.