凡庸

ぼんよう

Meanings

1. な-adjective, の-adjective, Noun mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

Kanji

• 凡 ordinary. Read as ボン.
• 庸 mediocre. Read as ヨウ.

Example sentences

• 賢い人の手にかかると、物事は実にシンプルになる。簡単なことを難しく言うのが、賢いふりをした凡庸な人間だ。
  In the hands of a wise person, things become really simple. It's a mediocre person, pretending to be wise, that makes an easy thing sound difficult.

Words containing 凡庸

• 凡庸愚昧 (ぼんようぐまい) ordinary and ignorant

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