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月並み (つきなみ, tsukinami) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “every month, common”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
月並みですがお 幸せに
This may sound trite, but I sincerely wish you much happiness.
今日はまだ5月だというのに8月並みの暑さだ。
Although it is still May today, it is as hot as August.
彼らの 判断は 月並みだ。
They are conventional in their judgement.
月並みのパーティーだったよ。
That was just another party.
彼は月並みな家の広告にまんまとだまされた。
He fell for that old ad for a house like a ton of bricks.
彼は 月並みな 家の 広告にまんまとだまされた。
He fell for that old ad for a house like a ton of bricks.
彼の挨拶はいつも月並みだ. His speeches are always stereotyped.月並みなお世辞は言わぬがよい. Commonplace compliments had better be left unsaid.彼らの判断は月並みだ。
They are conventional in their judgement.
作文では月並みな表現はあまり使わないようにしなさい. Don't use too many hackneyed [trite] expressions in your composition.本来、毎月や月ごとなどを意味する「月並み」という言葉が、『人並み、平凡』という意味も含んだのは、正岡子規がありふれた俳句や短歌を「月並み調」と批判したことが始まりとされる。
It is believed that the word "tsukinami" (meaning of monthly or every month) including the meaning of somthing commonplace or ordinary is derived from the word "tsukinamicho"(monthly style) used by Shiki MASAOKA to criticize trite haiku and tanka.