> 寿季「だって、なんというか……ずっと憧れの人だったわけで……」
>
> 桐葉「あら、そうなの？」
>
> 寿季「月見坂さんは俺のこと、 **その辺** のファンだなぐらいに思っていただろうけど……」
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> 寿季「俺は君が心の支えだった。そのぐらいまで月見坂ーー月見桐奈のことが好きだったから」
>
> 寿季「多分……このことが無かったら、俺は月見坂さんに告白していたと思うぐらいには」
>
> 桐葉「……そうなんだ。ちょっと照れちゃうわね」

Context: A girl called 月見坂桐葉 offers to become 寿季’s girlfriend. The girl is his
schoolmate and is admired by 寿季.

I asked what this その辺 means elsewhere and a native speaker told me it meant
“regular” in this context. I don’t know why it means that even if I know it
originally means “thereabouts”. Or do you think it means something else there?
Please shed some light on it.

If the context is insufficient, please let me know.
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Why does その辺 mean “regular”?
その辺 literally means 'around there'. The implication is that you do not have to
look too far, you can find 'it' anywhere so that it means 'regular'
figuratively.

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Note that その辺 can be used non-figuratively, literally referring to some
particular area. E.g. その辺で買った can mean _I bought it around there_ ( _there_
understood by context) or _The shop I bought it is fairly ordinary_ (implying
such a shop can be found anywhere).
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