Keyword
flat
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1596
Readings
へい
(80%)
ひら
(12%)
たい
(1%)
Composed of
left to dry
horns
Mnemonic

I've left to dry my pair of fake horns in the middle of a flat plain.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
evaluate
balancing scales
two-mat area
floating plants
Used in vocabulary (638 in total)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
peace; harmony
calm; composed; cool; quiet
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
equality; impartiality; evenness
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
unfairness; injustice; partiality
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
commoner; plebeian
palm (of one's hand)
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
plain; moor; prairie
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
horizontal; level; even
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
horizon (related to land)
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
plain; open field
horizon (related to bodies of water)
level ground; plain; flatland
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
level surface; plane
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to prostrate oneself before
slap; smack; spanking
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
level ground; horizon; field of view
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
flat; even; level
plain; plateau; tableland
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
falling prostrate
inequality; unfairness
world peace; peace of the world
bungalow; one-story house
suppression; repression; subjugation
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
ordinary; in the past; usual; regular
discontent and grumbling
usual; ordinary
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
earnest apology
average mark; mean point
Heian period (794-1185)
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
normal temperature
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
breaststroke (swimming)
peace talks; peace negotiations
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
ordinary clothes; everyday attire; plain clothes; civilian clothes
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
square metre; square meter
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
square (e.g. metre)
easy; simple; plain
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
perfectly level
gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes
Heike family; Taira family
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
level; just; peaceful
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
single-storied house; single-storied building
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period
simple; quiet
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
average height; average body height
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
non-leap year; normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
square metre; square meter
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era
earnestly; humbly
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
to maintain (preserve) peace
Kōhei era (1058.8.29-1065.8.2)
Heiji era (1159.4.20-1160.1.10)
peaceable; peaceful
balance beam (in gymnastics)
recovery; convalescence
Heian-kyō; ancient Kyoto
peace; tranquility; tranquillity
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
square kilometer; square kilometre
averaging; levelling (off); equalization; standardization; balance
ground plan; plane figure
clear; simple
usually; ordinarily; in the past
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
quite unconcerned; nonchalant
Dow-Jones average (New York Stock Exchange)
broadsword; sword
perfectly level
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
Uroctea compactilis (species of araneomorph spider)
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
impartiality; fair play
Ninpei era (1151.1.26-1154.10.28)
peace and tranquility; peace and tranquillity
castle on the plains
translation; shift; parallel displacement
peace agreement; peace accord
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
annual average; annual mean
plain text; unciphered text
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
plain; plateau; tableland
average year; normal year
pounded fish cake
blow striking with the flat of the sword; to slap; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid; type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers
temperament; equal (or even) temperament
Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
discontented element; discontented (grumbling) member
commonplace; ordinary; trite; informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
Pyongyang (North Korea)
smooth; even; level; flat
meter (in Chinese poetry); consistency
flat bottom
to be suppressed
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)
(in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); hyōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
single story house
Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)
Tenpyō period (esp. used as a period of art history, 710-794 CE)
leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization
sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae); red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
Kanpyō era (889.4.27-898.4.26); Kanbyō era
level; ordinary
horizontally mounted; horizontally parked; placed flat; lay-flat
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
peace conference; peace talks
trans-Pacific; trans-Pacific crossing
peace-loving nation
Pacific high; Pacific anticyclone
level; just; peaceful
horizontal plane; level surface
flat ground; seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); multi-brand display area (in a shop)
normal crop
tailplane; horizontal stabilizer; horizontal stabiliser
peace initiative; peace overture
single-storied house; single-storied building
Heisei period (January 8, 1989-April 30, 2019)
Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari; chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
pan; griddle
balance; equity
equality before the law; equality under the law
level garden
monthly mean; monthly average
declarative sentence
Jōhei era (931.4.26-938.5.22); Shōhei era
prostrating oneself
flat-bottomed boat; scow
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
plain fabrics; plain weave
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
same plane; same level; flush (with); even (with)
chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)
the usual temperature
slap; smack; spanking
with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with no preconceived notions
without compunction; coolly; without batting an eyelid; unscrupulously; nonchalantly; remorselessly
yellowtail amberjack (species of fish, Seriola lalandi)
smoothing (e.g. numbers)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
open-hearth furnace
normal prices; par; parity
straight angle
foremast hand; common sailor
peaceful country
peace accord; peace agreement
counterweight; counterpoise
level; spirit level
pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms
milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific)
square centimeter; square centimetre
representation in hiragana; hiragana notation
Tenpyō-shōhō era (749.7.2-757.8.18)
islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands
extraction of square root
bungalow; one-story house
single-storied house; single-storied building
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
coplanar; in the same plane; flush; even (with)
sex fiend; lecher; pervert
Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion (939-940 CE)
bisection; dividing equally
misguided equality; misconceived equality; leaning over backwards to be impartial
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium)
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
flatfoot; flat feet; splayfoot
concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait
pacifism; pacifist thought
viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought; contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness
concave roof tile
soup made with salted or rice-bran-pickled fish, vegetables, and sometimes sake lees (Hokkaido local specialty dish)
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
flat chisel
(gymnastics) uneven parallel bars
squamous cell carcinoma; SCC
light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium)
free range farming (poultry, etc.); floor feeding
to make a deep bow
lying down; being laid up
flatfoot; flat feet; splayfoot
please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position
single-storied house; single-storied building
flat noodles; ribbon pasta (fettuccine, etc.)
Dow Jones Average; the Dow
Heijō Palace; Imperial palace in ancient Nara
everyday language; The Tale of the Heike
simplification
planospiral
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
the great municipal mergers of the Heisei era; series of large-scale municipal mergers carried out between 1995 and 2010 under the temporary Special Mergers Law
Hirai Station (Tokyo)
peace studies; irenology
Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
square millimeter; square millimetre
horizontal plane
circum-Pacific volcanic belt; Ring of Fire
plain fabrics; plain weave
name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition
those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
Burakumin rights organization formed in 1922
(historical) granary
wrapping cloth
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
rank-and-file party member
calm water; smooth water; the usual amount of water
horizontal movement
particle horizon of the observable universe
single story house
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
Tenpyō-kanpō era (749.4.14-749.7.2); Tenbyō-kanpō era
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
single story house
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Heian Imperial Palace
Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis; Alpha Ori; (lit.) Heike star
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
level; ordinary
Great Pacific garbage patch; GPGP
Hirabayashi Station (Osaka)
first tone in old Chinese phonetics; level tone; (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone
peaceful news
peacelessness; lacking social peace
Pacific Time (US time zone)
(wishing someone) bon voyage
restoration to health
abyssal plain (2,200-5,500m)
simple and clear; plain and lucid
involvement of peer groups (Quality Assurance term); application to similar products; grassroots (organization, development, movement)
lithography
world peace; everyone living peacefully together
Burakumin rights organization formed in 1922
simple average; arithmetic average
wide sleeve
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
halter; haltere (small balancing organ on a two-winged fly)
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
in ordinary days
type of lacquer ware
Tenpyō-jingo era (765.1.7-767.8.16)
grade crossing; level crossing
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
Nara period (710-794 CE)
average; leveling; levelling
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
single story house
ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
squamous cell carcinoma; SCC
shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle
please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position
please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position
please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
calm condition; normal condition
blackfin sea bass (Lateolabrax latus)
flat paper; flat sheet
Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)
wrapping cloth
wrapping cloth
wood cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis crispa); wood cauliflower fungus
Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge
Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge
horizontal tabulation; HT
horizontal stone hand mill
pancake (landing)
open-hearth process
Pan-Pacific concept; Pacific Rim concept
completely fair or just
interest equalization tax; interest equalisation tax
geometric mean; geometric average
to smooth out; to rake
apparent horizon
the four tones in old Chinese phonetics
par value; exchange parity
coach without a special assignment within the Sumo Association
conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
commonplace and stale; humdrum and hackneyed
plain and lucid; articulate
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
even pitch; accentless pitch; Japanese pitch accent pattern with no drop from high to low pitch
mint parity; mint par of exchange
punctuated equilibrium (theory of evolutionary biology)
kanji "wa" radical at top (radical 14)
law of equilibrium (Le Chatelier's principle)
sample mean; sample average
population mean
horizontal coordinates
Tenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
conditional entropy; mean conditional information content; average conditional information content
longitudinal magnetic recording
ABM; Asynchronous Balanced Mode
entropy; mean information content; average information content
mean transinformation (content); average transinformation (content)
directional light source
parallel transformation
to bring to same level; to harmonize
sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.
eave-end roof tile (comprising a broadly concave tile and near-rectangular decorative cap)
horizontal distribution
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
lowland forest; flatland forest; plain forest
flatworm; flat worm; flat bark beetle
Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
Tricoplacia (class of multicellular invertebrates)
Tricoplaciformes; order of multicellular invertebrates
purchasing power parity theory; PPP theory
regression toward the mean; regression to the mean
song in the style of the Heikyoku
Heian shogi (precursor to modern shogi)
tangent plane; tangential plane
parallel cousins; ortho-cousins
parallel cousins; ortho-cousins
teppeiseki stone; platy andesite; flagstone; dark blue or purple stone, esp. used in paving or gardens
disconformity; parallel unconformity
circum-Pacific seismic zone; circum-Pacific earthquake belt
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
hakama fabric made from meisen silk
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
two people arguing and not letting the other express their opinions
two people arguing and not letting the other express their opinions
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games
North Pacific high; North Pacific anticyclone
housewife having an affair while her husband is at work
plano-concave lens
plano-convex lens
interest equalization tax; interest equalisation tax
equalization tax (interest, commercial values, etc.)
everyday feelings; usual feelings
level-tone rhyme (of Chinese)
Heisei Kenkyūkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party)
Heiwadai Station (Tokyo)
Hirano Station (Osaka Municipal Subway)
Hiragishi Station
Hirata Station (Nagano)
silver sea bream (Sparus sarba)
great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran, the largest species of hammerhead shark)
dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus)
gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm
Ptilophora subcostata (species of red alga)
Umbonium giganteum (species of sea snail)
Andrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
hebesu (var. of citrus fruit from Miyazaki); hebezu
earnestly; intently; determinedly; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau); banded trevally; barred trevally; Ferdau's trevally; Forskaal's jackfish
Examples (200 in total)
We could live in peace here.
It is crucial for world peace.
Even at nighttime, it was not quiet and peaceful any more.