人並み

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 人並み is read as ひとなみ and means “ordinary level” and “as well as most people”.
• Basic usage: It describes swimming as well as most people and living at an ordinary social standard.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 人並みに / 人並みの
  • Adverbial 人並みに means “as well as most people,” while 人並みの modifies a noun as “ordinary.” It does not denote a numerical average like 平均.