凡愚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凡	愚
ぼん Grade: S	ぐ Grade: S
goon

Etymology

By surface analysis, 凡(ぼん) (bon, “ordinary”) + 愚(ぐ) (gu, “foolish”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼんぐ [bóꜜǹgù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [bõ̞ŋɡɯ̟]

Noun

凡(ぼん)愚(ぐ) • (bongu)

(derogatory) commoner, ordinary fool
- 2024 January 31, Isonosuke, “凡愚”:
  
  何処(どこ)かしらが欠(か)けている
  故(ゆえ)に　我(われ)らは凡愚(ぼんぐ)
  doko kashira ga kaketeiru
  yue ni warera wa bongu
  Some part of us is missing
  And thus we are common folk.

Adjective

凡(ぼん)愚(ぐ) • (bongu) -na (adnominal 凡(ぼん)愚(ぐ)な (bongu na), adverbial 凡(ぼん)愚(ぐ)に (bongu ni))

commonplace, banal, trite

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN