凡才

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凡	才
ぼん Grade: S	さい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ぼんさい [bòńsáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [bõ̞ɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

凡(ぼん)才(さい) • (bonsai)

mediocrity, ordinary ability
an ordinary or average person; a person with ordinary ability.
Synonym: 凡人 (bonnin)

Antonyms

天才(てんさい) (tensai)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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