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不平 (ふへい, fuhei) Japanese meaning: discontent | Kotomora
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彼かれ は いつも 仕し 事ごと の 不ふ 平へい を 言い っ て いる 。
He is always complaining about his work.
Let's talk it out without bottling up our complaints and dissatisfaction.
Usage patterns 不ふ 平へい を 言い う to voice a complaint
He's always complaining about his salary.
不ふ 平へい をこぼす to grumble, to let a complaint slip out
My mother grumbled about how much housework there was.
不ふ 平へい を 抱いだ く to harbor a grievance
The employees harbor grievances about the new system.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 不ふ 平へい を 言い う to complain to someone
The subordinate complained to his boss.
不ふ 平へい が 募つの る for discontent to build up
Discontent grew over the poor treatment.
Related words 不満 is the broader word for dissatisfaction with unmet expectations, while 不平 focuses on the act of voicing a grievance.
文句 is a blunt, often confrontational complaint, whereas 不平 sounds slightly more formal and can describe an inner feeling as well as spoken words.
苦情 is a formal complaint lodged with an organization or business, while 不平 is a more personal, everyday grumble about a situation.
愚痴 is aimless, repetitive grumbling to vent feelings, while 不平 refers to a specific point of dissatisfaction or grievance.
不平 is casual grumbling or griping about something, while 不服 conveys a more serious sense of disagreement or protest.
Word family discontent and grumbling; complaints
discontented element; grumbling member
discontented former samurai (early Meiji period)
Etymology Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') and 平 (hei, 'flat, even, peaceful'), literally meaning 'not peaceful' or 'uneven', which extended to 'discontent'.
