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日常的
nichijouteki
also spelled nichijoteki
mundane, routine, everyday, unremarkable, common, day-to-day
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  1. nichijouteki mundane, routine, everyday, unremarkable, common, day-to-day
How it's used

Learners meet this in semi-formal writing or speech to describe ordinary, unexciting routines, often with a slightly negative tone unlike the neutral 普通.

日常的な買い物は近所のスーパーで済ませます。
Nichijouteki na kaimono wa kinjo no suupaa de sumasemasu.
I get routine shopping done at the local supermarket.

彼の日常的な生活はとても地味です。
Kare no nichijouteki na seikatsu wa totemo jimi desu.
His everyday life is very plain.

⚖️ Commonly confused with 日常 (noun), which simply means daily life; 日常的 is the adjectival form meaning 'routine-like' or 'mundane'.

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Kanji Breakdown
日
Day, Sun, Japan, Counter For Days
On: にち,じつ Kun: ひ,-び,-か
4 strokes N5
常
Usual, Ordinary, Normal, Common, Regular, Continually, Always, Long-lasting
On: じょう Kun: つね,とこ-
11 strokes N3
的
Bull's Eye, Mark, Target, Object, Adjective Ending
On: てき Kun: まと
8 strokes
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Pattern
日常的は〜です。 / 〜の日常的

💡 Use は or が to mark this word as the topic or subject of a sentence.

Example
この日常的はとても大切です。
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