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日常茶飯事 (にちじょうさはんじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日にち常じょう茶さ飯はん事じ

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Meanings

1

noun

everyday occurrence; commonplace event

Refers to something so ordinary that it is unremarkable, like a daily routine. Often used in the phrase 日常茶飯事だ (it's an everyday thing).

彼かれが遅ち刻こくするのは日にち常じょう茶さ飯はん事じだ。
His being late is an everyday occurrence.
この地ち域いきでは地じ震しんは

日にち

常じょう

茶さ

飯はん

事じ

です

。

Earthquakes are a commonplace event in this region.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
常usual, ordinary, normal
茶tea
飯meal, boiled rice
事matter, thing, fact

Similar words

日にち常じょう
日常 is a broader term for 'daily life' or 'everyday', while 日常茶飯事 specifically emphasizes an event or matter that is so common it's like tea and rice.
茶さ飯はん事じ
茶飯事 is a shorter synonym, but 日常茶飯事 is more common and emphatic.

Etymology

Compound of 日常 (daily, everyday), 茶飯 (tea and rice, symbolizing everyday meals), and 事 (matter, affair). The phrase likens a common occurrence to the daily routine of eating and drinking.