平へい常じょう

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Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

normal; usual; ordinary; everyday

Describes a state or condition that is regular, routine, or not special; often used in formal or written contexts.

平へい常じょうの状じょう態たいに戻もどるまで時じ間かんがかかった。
It took time to return to a normal state.
彼かれは平へい常じょう心しんを保たもつのが上手じょうずだ。
He is good at keeping his composure.

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Usage patterns

平へい常じょう心しんを保たもつto keep one's composure/calm
試し験けんの前まえでも平へい常じょう心しんを保たもつことが大たい切せつだ。
It's important to stay calm even before an exam.
〈事こと〉が平へい常じょうに戻もどるfor things to return to normal
台たい風ふうが過すぎて、街まちの様よう子すは平へい常じょうに戻もどった。
After the typhoon passed, the town returned to normal.
平へい常じょうを保たもつto maintain a normal state
会かい社しゃは困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうでも業ぎょう務むの平へい常じょうを保たもつよう努つとめた。
The company strove to keep its operations running normally even under difficult circumstances.

Kanji

平even, flat, peace
常usual, ordinary, normal

Related words· 6

普ふ通つうN4
普通 is a colloquial, all-purpose word for 'ordinary' or 'common', while 平常 is more formal and specifically describes a steady, unchanged state.
通つう常じょうN2
通常 emphasizes 'as a general rule' in procedural or institutional contexts, while 平常 focuses on a calm, everyday condition being maintained.
平へい素そ
平素 is a formal adverbial word meaning 'ordinarily/usually' often used in greetings, while 平常 is a noun/adjective describing the normal state itself.
常じょう態たい
常態 refers to the 'normal condition' of something as a fixed state, while 平常 describes the ongoing, unchanged everyday condition.

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平へい時じ
平時 specifically denotes 'ordinary times' as a period, while 平常 more broadly means 'normal state' and can describe conditions as well as time.
日にち常じょうN3
平常 is a more formal, often written word for the 'normal/usual state' of things, frequently used to contrast with emergencies, while 日常 more naturally describes ordinary daily life itself.

Opposites

異い常じょうN3
異常 means 'abnormal' or 'unusual', the direct opposite of 平常's 'normal, usual' state.
非ひ常じょうN3
平常 means the normal, everyday state, the opposite of 非常 as an emergency situation.

Don't confuse with

平へい静せい
平静 describes calmness of mind or emotional composure, whereas 平常 describes an ordinary, unchanged external state or condition.
正せい常じょうN2
平常 refers to one's usual, everyday condition or routine, while 正常 is a more technical term meaning a correct, non-abnormal state.

Word family

平へい常じょう心しん
composure; presence of mind; self-possession
平へい常じょう通どおり
as usual; as normal
平へい常じょう運うん転てん
normal operation; running normally · business as usual; normal state of affairs

Etymology

Compound of 平 (flat, calm) and 常 (usual, constant). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys a steady, ordinary state.