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平々凡々、平平凡凡 へいへいぼんぼん heiheibonbon

JMdict entry #1751920

  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no''taru' adjectiveadverb taking the 'to' particle yojijukugo very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace

Kanji in this word

even, flat, peace
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre

Example sentences

彼ほど平々凡々たる主人公は珍しい。
kare hodo heihei bonbon taru shujin kou ha mezurashii 。
A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
さまざまな才能に恵まれて、なんでもそつなくこなす姉にとって、平々凡々たる俺の存在はひどく許せないものらしい。
samazama na sainou ni megumare te 、 nan de mo sotsu naku konasu ane ni toxtsu te 、 heihei bonbon taru ore no sonzai ha hidoku yuruse nai mono rashii 。
For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive.

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