JLPT N2 · な-adjective

平凡 (heibon)

平凡 (へいぼん, heibon) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “ordinary; common”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: へいぼん
Romaji: heibon
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

その模様の色は実に平凡なものである。

The colors of the pattern are very ordinary.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 平凡

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	平凡だ	へいぼんだ heibonda
Present (polite)	平凡です	へいぼんです heibondesu
Negative	平凡じゃない	へいぼんじゃない heibonjanai
Past	平凡だった	へいぼんだった heibondatta
Negative past	平凡じゃなかった	へいぼんじゃなかった heibonjanakatta
Te-form	平凡で	へいぼんで heibonde
Before a noun	平凡な	へいぼんな heibonna
Adverb (~ni)	平凡に	へいぼんに heibonni

Kanji in 平凡

平

even, flat, peaceヘイ・ビョウ・たい.ら・たい.らげる · 5 strokes

凡

commonplace, ordinary, mediocreボン・ハン・およ.そ・おうよ.そ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 平凡.

平仮名ひらがなhiragana公平こうへいfair平らたいらflat平等びょうどうequality不平ふへいdiscontent平均へいきんaverage平和へいわpeace地平線ちへいせんhorizon (related to land)水平すいへいhorizontal平気へいきcool平日へいじつweekday平野へいやplain水平線すいへいせんhorizon (related to bodies of water)平常へいじょうnormal

Source: JMdict entry 1507910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.