太たい平へい無ぶ事じ

Related words

• 平へい和わ

  平和 is the common word for 'peace', while 太平無事 is a more literary or formal four-character compound emphasizing tranquility and lack of incidents.

• 無ぶ事じ

  無事 means 'safety' or 'without incident', often used for personal well-being; 太平無事 extends this to a broader, societal peace.

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Written forms

• 太たい平へい無ぶ事じ

  Standard kanji spelling.

• 泰たい平へい無ぶ事じ

  Variant spelling using 泰 instead of 太; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

A four-character compound (yojijukugo) combining 太平 (peace) and 無事 (without incident). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of pairing synonymous concepts for emphasis.