Chinese

Adjective

通常

1. regular, usual, normal

Adverb

通常

1. usually, normally

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) つうじょう [tsùújóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɯᵝːd͡ʑo̞ː]

Adjective

通常 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana つうじょう, romaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

1. ordinary; conventional; normal

Usage notes

Although technically a na-type adjective, this is more commonly used as an adjective in compounds, such as those in the Derived terms section.

Derived terms

• 通常国会 (つうじょうこっかい, ​tsūjō kokkai): an ordinary session of the Diet / Parliament / Congress
• 通常選挙 (つうじょうせんきょ, ​tsūjō senkyo): an ordinary election
• 通常総会 (つうじょうそうかい, ​tsūjō sōkai): an ordinary shareholders meeting
• 通常兵器 (つうじょうへき, ​tsūjō heiki): conventional weapons
• 通常郵便物 (つうじょうゆうびんぶつ, ​tsūjō yūbinbutsu): regular mail (i.e. not packages)

Adverb

通常 ‎(hiragana つうじょう, romaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

1. generally; usually; commonly

Noun

通常 ‎(hiragana つうじょう, romaji tsūjō, historical hiragana つうじやう)

1. the usual (thing, etc.), the norm
   • 1935, 平野憲正, 小林健児 (translation), Josef Baló, “濾過性病原体に因る疾病”, in 細菌學雜誌, number 475, DOI:10.14828/jsb1895.1935.702, page 705:

     種痘 (しゅとう)の際屡々 (さいしばしば)通常 (つうじょう)とは異 (こと)なった反応 (はんのう)が起 (おこ)る。

     Shutō no sai shibashiba tsūjō toha kotonatta hannō ga okoru.

     In vaccination, reactions different from that under the usual [circumstances] will occur.

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3