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平穏 (へいおん, heion) Japanese meaning: tranquil | Kotomora
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This town is very peaceful.
I want to spend tranquil days.
Usage patterns 平穏へいおん な 日々ひび を 送おく る to live/spend peaceful days
Since retiring, I've been living a peaceful daily life.
平へい 穏おん を 保たも つ to maintain peace/calm
The police patrol to maintain peace in the town.
平へい 穏おん を 乱みだ す to disturb the peace/calm
The incident disturbed the peace of the village.
平へい 穏おん に 暮く らす to live peacefully
They live peacefully in the countryside.
Related words· 11 平和 usually describes peace at a societal or global level, while 平穏 describes a quiet, undisturbed state in daily life or atmosphere.
穏やか describes a gentle, mild quality of weather, personality, or manner, while 平穏 focuses on the absence of trouble or disturbance in a situation.
静か mainly means quiet in the sense of low noise, whereas 平穏 covers a broader calm that includes mental and situational stability.
安穏 is a more literary, slightly old-fashioned word for peaceful security, while 平穏 is the more common, everyday term.
Show 7 more 平穏 describes a calm, uneventful situation or period, while 安らぎ focuses on the inner feeling of peace a person experiences.
小康 implies a temporary calm that may not last, whereas 平穏 describes a peaceful, settled state without that sense of fragility.
平穏 is a na-adjective/noun describing a calm, undisturbed state, while 無事に is the adverb used to say something happened or was done peacefully.
平穏 describes a peaceful, uneventful state of affairs or life, while 静けさ focuses more narrowly on quietness of sound or atmosphere.
Opposites 不穏 describes an unsettled, ominous atmosphere with a sense of impending trouble, the direct opposite of the calm 平穏.
騒然 describes a noisy, chaotic uproar, contrasting with the quiet stability of 平穏.
平穏 means peaceful and calm, the opposite of the turbulent, unsettled sense of 騒々しい.
平穏 describes a calm, trouble-free state, the direct opposite of the hardship-filled situation described by 多難.
Etymology Compound of 平 (flat, even, peaceful) and 穏 (calm, quiet). The combination conveys a state of undisturbed tranquility.
平穏 describes a generally peaceful, undisturbed state of life or affairs, whereas 穏便 specifically describes handling a particular matter quietly and without causing trouble.
平穏 is a more formal word for a stable, undisturbed state of affairs, while のどか has a softer, more everyday feel suited to scenery or mood.
平穏 describes a peaceful, uneventful state in general, while 無風 in its figurative sense stresses the lack of competition or conflict, as in an uncontested election.
