Translation guide
The quality of not being level, smooth, or regular. This guide covers physical surfaces, distribution, quality, and abstract irregularity.
Describing a surface that is not flat or smooth, such as a road, floor, or skin texture.
The most common word for physical unevenness, implying bumps and dips. Used for roads, surfaces, and also metaphorically for imbalance.
This road is very uneven and hard to walk on.
Technical term for unevenness in construction or flooring, referring to lack of flatness.
We need to fix the unevenness of the floor.
Refers to undulations or rises and falls in terrain, like hills and valleys. More about natural landscape than small bumps.
This area has very rugged terrain.
Describing something that is not uniform, such as performance, color, or thickness.
Commonly used for unevenness in color, texture, cooking, or work quality. Often written in katakana.
The paint job is uneven.
The browning is uneven.
Refers to variation or dispersion in data, quality, or results. Often used in technical or business contexts.
Formal term for lack of uniformity, used in scientific or technical descriptions.
Describing inconsistency in performance, mood, or standards.
Literally 'there are waves', used to describe ups and downs in performance, mood, or quality.
His grades are uneven.
Describes a temperamental or capricious personality, where mood or effort is inconsistent.
Means not uniform in size, shape, or standard. Often used for sets of things that should match.
凸凹 is for physical bumps and dips. ムラ is for unevenness in color, texture, or quality. ばらつき is for statistical variation or inconsistency in data/quality.
Direct translations like '不平均' are rarely used. Choose the word that fits the specific type of unevenness.
製品の品質にばらつきがある。
There is unevenness in product quality.
混合物が不均一だった。
The mixture was uneven.
She is temperamental and her motivation is uneven.
不揃いの野菜を安く売っている。
They sell uneven-sized vegetables cheaply.