- 常人
- じょうじん【常人】ordinary person〖C〗.¶ → 常人と異なる* * *じょうじん【常人】an ordinary [average] person [mortal]; the general public.
●常人と異なる be extraordinary; be above average
・常人とは異なる感性 extraordinary [above-average] sensitivity
・彼にはどこか常人とは違うところがある. There is something extraordinary about him.
●君の考えることは私らのような常人にはわからんね. Your ideas are beyond ordinary mortals like us, you know.
●常人の理解を超えている be beyond (the understanding of) the man in the street
・常人のなしえない偉業 a feat that a run-of-the-mill person could not achieve
・それはとうてい常人の及ぶところではない. It is quite beyond the power of ordinary mortals.
・彼女の肺活量は常人の倍はある. Her lung capacity is twice that of an ordinary person.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.