通常

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Adjective

通常

  1. regular; usual; normal

Synonyms

Antonyms

Adverb

通常

  1. usually; normally; generally; ordinarily

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, rōmaji 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, rōmaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

  1. generally; usually; commonly

Noun

通常 (hiragana つうじょう, rōmaji 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:
       (しゅ) (とう)際屡々 (さいしばしば) (つう) (じょう)とは (こと)なった (はん) (のう) (おこ)る。
      Shutō no sai shibashiba tsūjō to wa kotonatta hannō ga okoru.
      In vaccination, reactions different from that under the usual [circumstances] will occur.

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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