JLPT N4 · な-adjective

普通 (futsuu)

普通 (ふつう, futsuu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “normal; ordinary”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふつう
Romaji: futsuu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common · noun taking の, な-adjective
normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly · adverb
local train; train that stops at every station · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

日曜日は私にとって普通の日ではない。

Sunday is not an ordinary day to me.

Tatoeba #122131

幸福を願うのはごく普通のことだ。

It is only normal to want to be happy.

Tatoeba #173635

彼女は普通９時に寝る。

She usually goes to bed at nine.

Tatoeba #86916

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

Conjugation of 普通

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	普通だ	ふつうだ futsuuda
Present (polite)	普通です	ふつうです futsuudesu
Negative	普通じゃない	ふつうじゃない futsuujanai
Past	普通だった	ふつうだった futsuudatta
Negative past	普通じゃなかった	ふつうじゃなかった futsuujanakatta
Te-form	普通で	ふつうで futsuude
Before a noun	普通な	ふつうな futsuuna
Adverb (~ni)	普通に	ふつうに futsuuni

Kanji in 普通

普

universal, wide(ly), generallyフ・あまね.く・あまねし · 12 strokes

通

traffic, pass through, avenueツウ・ツ・とお.る・とお.り · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 普通.

普段ふだんusual普及ふきゅうdiffusion普遍ふへんuniversal通るとおるto go by通うかようto go to and from (a place)交通こうつうtraffic通りとおりstreet共通きょうつうcommon通過つうかpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.)通貨つうかcurrency通学つうがくcommuting to school通勤つうきんcommuting to work通行つうこうpassage (of people or vehicles)通信つうしんcorrespondence

Source: JMdict entry 1497190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.