► 副詞
普通 [ふつう] meaning: normal rank: 1
☆ 日本語では普通そういう言い方はしない ⇨ Normally you don’t say it that way in Japanese
普通 [ふつう] meaning: usual rank: 1
☆ アジアでは普通握手はしない ⇨ In Asia people usually don’t shake hands
☆ その修理には普通三日くらい掛かる ⇨ Usually it takes about 3 days for the repair
普通 [ふつう] [coll] [peer] meaning: fairly rank: 3
☆ あの映画は普通に面白かった ⇨ The movie was (not spectacular but) fairly interesting (☛ A newer usage)
► 形容動詞
普通 [ふつう] meaning: average rank: 1
☆ 普通の人 ⇨ An average person
普通 [ふつう] meaning: common rank: 1
☆ 普通のやり方 ⇨ A common method
普通 [ふつう] meaning: normal rank: 1
☆ 彼はごく普通の人だ ⇨ He is very normal, no weird kink, person
普通 [ふつう] meaning: regular rank: 1
☆ 普通の大きさのビールの缶 ⇨ A regular-sized beer can
More examples:
- 昔は自分で裁縫することが普通だった ⇨ In the old days it was common to tailor your own clothes
- 日本の小学生は普通歩いて登校する ⇨ Japanese elementary school children typically walk to school
- それは一昔前は普通だった ⇨ That was common, normal, in the previous generation, not so long ago
- 便器は普通白い ⇨ Toilet bowls are usually white
- 日本の子供達は普通歩いて学校に行く ⇨ Japanese kids usually walk to schools
- 普通預金口座から定期預金口座に出金する ⇨ Transfer money from a checking account to a saving account
- 昔は教師が生徒を棒で叩くのは普通だった ⇨ In the past it was common for teachers to beat students with sticks
- アメフトの試合は普通天候に関わらず行われる ⇨ American football games will usually be held regardless of weather conditions
- 飛行機は普通高度10キロ付近を巡航する ⇨ Planes usually cruise at around the altitude of 10km
- 私が子供の頃は学校でも体罰は普通だった ⇨ Corporal punishments were common even at schools when I was a child
- 日本の学校は普通三学期制だ ⇨ Usually Japanese schools have three terms a year
- 普通は長男が家の跡取りになる ⇨
- 日本では履物は玄関で脱ぐのが普通だ ⇨ In Japan it is common to take shoes off at the entrance
- 昔の軍隊では鉄拳制裁が普通に行われていた ⇨ Iron-fist, brutal, punishments were common in military in the past
- 性欲があるのは普通のことだ ⇨ It is normal to have a sex drive