平ら (たいら) Japanese meaning

平ら (たいら) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Kanji

平even, flat, peace

Related words· 7

平へい坦たん sense 1
平坦 is a more formal or descriptive word for terrain, roads, and surfaces being flat, while 平ら is the everyday word for the same idea.
穏おだやかN3sense 2
穏やか is the common everyday word for calm feelings, weather, or people, while 平ら is a less frequent, more literary way to say the same about the mind.
滑なめらかN1sense 1
滑らか emphasizes a smooth, friction-free texture or motion, while 平ら simply means the surface has no bumps or slope.
平へい静せい sense 2
平静 is a formal, often written word for a calm, unshaken state of mind, close in meaning to the figurative sense of 平ら.

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水すい平へいN2
平ら is a broader word for 'flat, smooth' that doesn't necessarily mean perfectly horizontal, while 水平 specifically means level with the horizon.
平ひらたいN1
平ら is a na-adjective/noun for a flat, level surface, while 平たい is an i-adjective that can describe the same flatness or, figuratively, plain language.
平へい面めんN1
平ら is the everyday adjective/noun for something flat or level, whereas 平面 is the more technical noun used in geometry and engineering.

Opposites

凸でこ凹ぼこN2sense 1
凸凹 describes a bumpy, uneven surface, the direct opposite of 平ら meaning flat and even.

Word family

平たいらげる
eat up completely; polish off · put down; suppress; subjugate · make flat; level out
平たいらか
level; flat; calm; peaceful
平たいらぐ
to be suppressed; to be calmed; to be pacified
心こころの平たいら

Written forms

平たいらUsage93%
Standard spelling for the adjective meaning flat, level, calm, or comfortable in the fixed phrase お平らに.
たいらUsage7%
平だいら
Place-name suffix form; included because the sense notes that after place names it is usually read だいら and cross-references 平・だいら.

Etymology

The kanji 平 is conventionally associated with flatness, levelness, and peace. The exact historical derivation of たいら is not specified; だいら is the voiced suffix reading commonly seen in place names.

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