常人

常人
じょうじん【常人】
ordinary person
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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.

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