Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 平均する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 平へい 均きん する 平へい 均きん しない Polite 平へい 均きん します 平へい 均きん しません Past polite 平へい 均きん しました 平へい 均きん しませんでした Past 平へい 均きん した 平へい 均きん しなかった Te-form 平へい 均きん して 平へい 均きん しないで Desire 平へい 均きん したい 平へい 均きん したくない Potential 平へい 均きん できる 平へい 均きん できない Passive 平へい 均きん される 平へい 均きん されない Causative 平へい 均きん させる 平へい 均きん させない Causative passive 平へい 均きん させられる 平へい 均きん させられない Volitional 平へい 均きん しよう Polite volitional 平へい 均きん しましょう Imperative 平へい 均きん しろ 平へい 均きん するな Conditional 平へい 均きん すれば 平へい 均きん しなければ Tara conditional 平へい 均きん したら 平へい 均きん しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 数かず 〉 の 平へい 均きん を 出だ す to calculate the average of a set of numbers
I calculated the average of everyone's scores in the class.
平へい 均きん を 保たも つ to maintain one's balance
It's hard to keep your balance standing on one leg.
〈 数かず 〉 を 平へい 均きん する to average out a set of numbers
We'll average the scores from the three tests.
平へい 均きん を 失うしな う to lose one's balance
I stumbled, lost my balance, and fell over.
平へい 均きん 以い 上じょう ／ 平へい 均きん 以い 下か above average / below average
His height is above average.
Transitive / intransitive 平均 can be used both transitively, as in 数値を平均する (to average the values), and intransitively, as in 力が平均する (the forces balance out), depending on which sense is meant.
Related words· 8 平均値 is the precise mathematical term for a calculated average, while 平均 is the broader, everyday word used in both statistics and casual speech.
均衡 is the standard modern word for balance or equilibrium, while 平均 in this sense feels old-fashioned or literary outside set phrases like 平均を保つ .
バランス is the everyday loanword for physical or abstract balance, and is usually more natural than 平均 for keeping or losing one's balance.
平均 is the general word for 'average', while 移動平均 specifically means an average recalculated over a sliding window of recent data points.
Show 4 more Show fewer 平均 is the general word for an average or mean of any quantity, while 平均点 refers specifically to an average test or game score.
平均 is the standard mathematical term for 'average', while 均し is a more abstract noun describing the act or process of leveling/averaging, often in specialized or accounting contexts.
平均 refers to a calculated numerical average, whereas 並み is a subjective judgment that something is of ordinary quality or ability.
平均 is a calculated mathematical average, while 標準 can mean a typical or expected level that isn't necessarily computed.
Don't confuse with 中央値 means the median, whereas 平均 means the mean; learners often mix these up because both describe a 'typical' value in a data set.
平均 is the plain noun/verb-stem meaning 'average' (e.g. 平均を取る ), while 平均的 is the na-adjective form used to describe something as typical or average.
Word family· 55 average score; average mark; mean points
life expectancy; average life span · mean lifetime
average temperature; mean temperature
average value; mean; expectation
averaging; leveling; equalization; standardization
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Etymology Sino-Japanese compound 平均 , with 平 suggesting flat, even, or level and 均 suggesting equal or uniform. The spelling is conventionally associated with making quantities even, hence average and, more rarely, balance.
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