Word Meaning 凡人

ぼんじん bonjin

凡人 is read as ぼんじん (bonjin) and means ordinary person.

Meaning

English

ordinary person
average person
mediocre person

Reading

Kana

ぼんじん

Romaji

bonjin

Writing Variants

凡人ぼんにん bonnin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 5 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Synonyms 一般人,素人,常人,俗人,只者,普通の人,凡愚,凡下 Antonyms 偉人,賢人,傑人,傑物 Rank 776 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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非凡人

ひぼんじん

extraordinary person

凡

ぼん

ordinary

凡庸

ぼんよう

mediocre

凡そ

およそ

outline

凡退

ぼんたい

out in 1-2-3 order

凡打

ぼんだ

easy fly

素人

しらびと

respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)

玄人

くろと

woman in the nightlife business

狩人

かりうど

hunter

囚人

めしうど

prisoner

貴人

きじん

aristocrat

邦人

ほうじん

Japanese national (esp. abroad)

Example Sentences

彼は凡人ではない。

かれはぼんじんではない。

He is not an ordinary person.

彼はただの凡人です。

He's just an ordinary man.

私のことを凡人だと思うのはやめて！

Stop seeing me as a "normal" person!

賢者は思想を語り知識人は事実を語る。凡人が語るのは食べ物だ。

Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.

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