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通常

通常

Chinese

 
go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
 
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
simp. and trad.
(通常)

Adjective

通常

  1. regular, usual, normal

Adverb

通常

  1. usually, normally

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つう
Grade: 2
じょう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

通常 (-na inflection, hiragana つうじょう, romaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

  1. ordinary; conventional; normal

Usage notes

Although technically a na-type adjective, this is more commonly used as an adjective in compounds, such as those in the Derived terms section.

Derived terms

Adverb

通常 (hiragana つうじょう, romaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

  1. generally; usually; commonly

Noun

通常 (hiragana つうじょう, romaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

  1. the usual (thing, etc.), the norm
    • 1935, 平野憲正, 小林健児 (translation), Josef Baló, “濾過性病原体に因る疾病”, in 細菌學雜誌, number 475, DOI:10.14828/jsb1895.1935.702, page 705:
      種痘 (しゅとう)際屡々 (さいしばしば)通常 (つうじょう)とは (こと)なった反応 (はんのう) (おこ)る。
      Shutō no sai shibashiba tsūjō toha kotonatta hannō ga okoru.
      In vaccination, reactions different from that under the usual [circumstances] will occur.

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3