► 副詞
まずまず [(1)まずまず] meaning: moderate rank: 2
☆ 新製品の売行きはまずまずだ ⇨ The sale of the new product has been so so (☛ Not bad but not great)
休み休み [(4)やすみやすみ] [coll] meaning: moderate rank: 3
☆ バカも休み休み言え！ ⇨ If you talk BS, do so with breaks in between! Cut your crap!
► 動詞
嗜む [(3)たしなむ] meaning: moderate rank: 3
☆ お酒は嗜む程度です ⇨ I only drink moderately
► 名詞
程々 [ほどほど] [coll] meaning: moderate rank: 2
☆ 冗談も程々にしろ ⇨ Keep your joking moderate. Cut your crap
☆ 酒は程々が一番 ⇨ It is best to keep your drinking moderate
節度 [(1)せつど] meaning: moderate rank: 3
☆ 節度の有る飲酒 ⇨ Drinking with moderation
鳩派 [はとは] meaning: moderate rank: 4
☆ 党内の鳩派 ⇨ The moderate group within a political party (☛ Literally “pigeon faction”)
► 形容動詞
適度 [(1)てきど] meaning: moderate rank: 2
☆ 適度の飲酒は健康に問題無い ⇨ Moderate drinking won’t harm health
控え目 [ひかえめ] meaning: moderate rank: 2
☆ 彼は塩分を控えめにしている ⇨ He is keeping his salt intake moderate
まあまあ [(3)まあまあ] [coll] meaning: moderate rank: 2
☆ あそこのラーメン屋はまあまあだ ⇨ That ramen restaurant is OK. Not superb but not bad either
☆ 景気はまあまあの状態だ ⇨ The economy is at a so-so status
穏健 [おんけん] meaning: moderate rank: 3
☆ 彼は政党内の穏健派として知られている ⇨ He’s known as a moderate voice in the political party
大概 [たいがい] [大概にする] meaning: moderate rank: 4
☆ 冗談も大概にしろ ⇨ Keep your jokes at a moderate level. Stop joking