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庸: ordinary

ordinary; mediocre; moderate
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Readings

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よう: 凡庸(ぼんよう) "mediocre", 中庸(ちゅうよう) "moderation", 租庸調(そようちょう) "ancient tax system".

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Key words

凡庸ぼんようmediocre; ordinary
中庸ちゅうようmoderation; the golden mean
租庸調そようちょうancient tax system
登庸とうようappointment (to office)

Example sentences

Even when he was called a mediocre writer, he kept writing.

My grandmother often said that moderation is important in everything.

The tax system of the Nara period was called so-yo-cho.

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