cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
calm; composed; cool; quiet
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
equality; impartiality; evenness
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
unfairness; injustice; partiality
average; ordinary; normal
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
level ground; plain; flatland
horizon (related to land)
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
horizon (related to bodies of water)
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
to prostrate oneself (before)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
Nikkei Stock Average; Nikkei 225
level ground; horizon; field of view
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
non-leap year; average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.); normal year
square metre; square meter
bungalow; one-story house
rice field on flat land; unterraced paddy
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely
suppression (of a rebellion, civil war, etc.); restoration of law and order; subjugation; conquering
usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually
plain; plateau; tableland
peace talks; peace negotiations
peaceful; quiet; uneventful
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
normal operation (of a train service, bus service, etc.); running normally; normal state of affairs; business as usual
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
flat board; slab; monotonous; dull; even pitch; accentless pitch
life expectancy (at birth); average life span; mean lifetime
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
similar to that of an average year; in line with an average year; normal
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
single-storied house; single-storied building
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
ordinary clothes; everyday attire; plain clothes; civilian clothes
square kilometer; square kilometre
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
parallel world; parallel universe
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; APEC
free and open Indo-Pacific; FOIP
balance beam (in gymnastics)
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
Heike family; Taira family
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
peace accord; peace agreement
average height; average body height
Kōhei era (1058.8.29-1065.8.2)
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
flat; superficial; surface-level; one-dimensional
light cotton summer clothing consisting of knee-length shorts and short-sleeved jacket
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
to eat up (in no time); to gobble up; to make short work of; to put away
Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
square metre; square meter
peace; tranquility; tranquillity
Heian-kyō; former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869
peace throughout the world; carefree; peaceful; relaxed
to maintain (preserve) peace
Pacific high; Pacific anticyclone
Taiheiki (Japanese historical epic, said to have been written by Kojima Houshi in the 1370s)
(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
sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.); about-face; flip-flop
please (e.g. forgive me); I beg of you; kindly; humbly
peace plan; peace program
usually; ordinarily; in the past
averaging; levelling (off); equalization; standardization; balance
Heiji era (1159.4.20-1160.1.10)
Nikkei Stock Average; Nikkei 225
equality before the law; equality under the law
ground plan; plane figure
annual average; annual mean
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
to eat up (in no time); to gobble up; to make short work of; to put away
peace agreement; peace accord
Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara)
quite unconcerned; nonchalant
(gymnastics) uneven parallel bars
War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
pacifist constitution (i.e. the current Japanese constitution); peace constitution
leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization
Ninpei era (1151.1.26-1154.10.28)
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
monthly mean; monthly average
peace throughout the world; carefree; peaceful; relaxed
translation; shift; parallel displacement
plain; plateau; tableland
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
peace and tranquility; peace and tranquillity
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)
Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara)
plain text; unciphered text
Dow (Jones); Dow Jones Industrial Average
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
casserole; earthenware pan; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern
similar to that of an average year; in line with an average year; normal
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus); person who sucks up to superiors; toady
trans-Pacific; trans-Pacific crossing
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
blow with the flat of a sword; slap; smack; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid
peace conference; peace talks
Uroctea compactilis (species of araneomorph spider)
discontented element; discontented (grumbling) member
equal temperament; mean-tone tuning
meter (in Chinese poetry); consistency
commonplace; ordinary; trite; informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)
dirty mind; conniving mind; self-interested thinking
Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
tailplane; horizontal stabilizer; horizontal stabiliser
(in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); hyōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)
Tenpyō period (esp. used as a period of art history, 710-794 CE)
Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)
flat ground; seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); multi-brand display area (in a shop); starting field not containing any 20-point cards
Kanpyō era (889.4.27-898.4.26); Kanbyō era
Heisei period (January 8, 1989-April 30, 2019)
blow with the flat of a sword; slap; smack; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid
horizontally mounted; horizontally parked; placed flat; lay-flat
sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae); red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
international peace cooperation
flat plot of land; level land; flat terrain
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan)
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
square centimeter; square centimetre
casserole; earthenware pan; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern
discontented former samurai (early Meiji period)
horizontal plane; level surface
single-storied house; single-storied building
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
peace initiative; peace overture
islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands
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
without compunction; coolly; without batting an eyelid; unscrupulously; nonchalantly; remorselessly
bungalow; one-story house
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
free range farming (poultry, etc.); floor feeding
Heisei Kenkyūkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party)
Jōhei era (931.4.26-938.5.22); Shōhei era
chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
flat-bottomed boat; flatboat; barge; scow
flat-bottomed boat; flatboat; barge; scow
plain fabrics; plain weave
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
extraction of square root
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with no preconceived notions
Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
same plane; same level; flush (with); even (with)
pacifism; pacifist thought
yellowtail amberjack (species of fish, Seriola lalandi)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
normal prices; par; parity
counterweight; counterpoise
Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion (939-940 CE)
soup made with salted or rice-bran-pickled fish, vegetables, and sometimes sake lees (Hokkaido local specialty dish)
foremast hand; common sailor
side stitch (bookbinding); side-wire stitch; flat stitch
tonpei-yaki; teppanyaki dish of pork and vegetables, etc. rolled in an omelette and covered in sauce and mayonnaise
climatological normal (30-year average of a climatic element); climate normal
representation in hiragana; hiragana notation
squamous cell carcinoma; SCC
milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
single-storied house; single-storied building
low-ranking samurai; common samurai
Tenpyō-shōhō era (749.7.2-757.8.18)
the Genji, Heike, Fujiwara and Tachibana clans
coplanar; in the same plane; flush; even (with)
bisection; dividing equally
sex fiend; lecher; pervert
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought; contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness
flatfoot; flat feet; splayfoot
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
misguided equality; misconceived equality; leaning over backwards to be impartial
International Peace Cooperation Headquarters
single-level parking lot; surface parking lot
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
Heijō Palace (imperial residence in Heijō-kyō)
squamous cell carcinoma; SCC
flat noodles; ribbon pasta (fettuccine, etc.)
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)
please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position
lying down; being laid up; being ill in bed
everyday language; The Tale of the Heike
horizontal specialization
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
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)
International Pacific University
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
flatfoot; flat feet; splayfoot
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
Heisei International University
plain fabrics; plain weave
single-storied house; single-storied building
hiramaki-e; lacquer decoration technique where metallic powder is sprinkled on a flat design and sealed with a thin layer of lacquer
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
circum-Pacific volcanic belt; Ring of Fire
sweet made from glutinous rice and grated yam
imbalance; disequilibrium
new commoner; former members of the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition in 1871
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
square millimeter; square millimetre
simple average; arithmetic average
quite unconcerned; nonchalant
concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait
Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Pacific Time (US time zone)
pitch accent leveling; pronouncing normally pitch-accented Japanese words without accent
Pacific Standard Time; PST
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
to bring to same level; to harmonize
Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis; Alpha Ori; (lit.) Heike star
Tenpyō-kanpō era (749.4.14-749.7.2); Tenbyō-kanpō era
Aquatica lateralis (firefly species)
calm water; smooth water; the usual amount of water
peacelessness; lacking social peace
rank-and-file party member
Zenkoku Suiheisha (Burakumin rights organization; 1922-1942); National Levelers' Association
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
particle horizon of the observable universe
Burakumin rights organization (1922-1942)
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
please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position
involvement of peer groups; application to similar products; grassroots (organization, development, movement)
Ptilophora subcostata (species of red alga)
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
hirajōshi scale (for koto, shamisen, etc.)
planography; planographic printing
plains indigenous peoples (of Taiwan); plain aborigines
simple and clear; plain and lucid
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Perpetual Peace (by Immanuel Kant)
vertically condensed type; font compressed by height
world peace; everyone living peacefully together
Great Pacific garbage patch; GPGP
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters
abyssal plain (2,200-5,500m)
having no fear of heights
grade crossing; level crossing
Hirabayashi Station (Osaka)
Hirano Station (Osaka Municipal Subway)
care equally for friends and foes; treat everyone with equal kindness
Tenpyō-jingo era (765.1.7-767.8.16)
(wishing someone) bon voyage
tonpei-yaki; teppanyaki dish of pork and vegetables, etc. rolled in an omelette and covered in sauce and mayonnaise
halter; haltere (small balancing organ on a two-winged fly)
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory; PMEL
Fukuyama Heisei University
first tone in old Chinese phonetics; level tone; (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
average; leveling; levelling
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)
horizontally mounted; horizontally parked; placed flat; lay-flat
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
Hirami lemon (Citrus depressa)
Hirami lemon (Citrus depressa)
squamous cell carcinoma; SCC
please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position
please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position
tonpei-yaki; teppanyaki dish of pork and vegetables, etc. rolled in an omelette and covered in sauce and mayonnaise
flat earthenware dish (used for divination)
angel wing mushroom (Pleurocybella porrigens)
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle
blackfin sea bass (Lateolabrax latus)
Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
tonpei-yaki; teppanyaki dish of pork and vegetables, etc. rolled in an omelette and covered in sauce and mayonnaise
swimming crab (Ovalipes punctatus); sand crab
horizontal tabulation; HT
horizontal stone hand mill
Pan-Pacific concept; Pacific Rim concept
interest equalization tax; interest equalisation tax
the four tones in old Chinese phonetics
Dow Jones Industrial Average
par value; exchange parity
international peace activity
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council; PECC
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
World Conference of Religions for Peace
average propensity to consume
average propensity to save
income inequality coefficient; Gini coefficient
mint parity; mint par of exchange
purchasing power parity; PPP
punctuated equilibrium (theory of evolutionary biology)
kanji "wa" radical at top (radical 14)
law of equilibrium (Le Chatelier's principle)
sample mean; sample average
Tenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
conditional entropy; mean conditional information content; average conditional information content
longitudinal magnetic recording
Horizontal Redundancy Check
horizontal scanning frequency
LRC; Longitudinal Redundancy Check
mean time between failures; MTBF
mean time to repair; MTTR
mean time to repair; MTTR
mean time to repair; MTTR
entropy; mean information content; average information content
mean transinformation (content); average transinformation (content)
orthogonalized plane wave; OPW
general colour rendering index (color)
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)
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
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)
calm condition; normal condition
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
law of quadratic reciprocity
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
North Pacific high; North Pacific anticyclone
housewife having an affair while her husband is at work
interest equalization tax; interest equalisation tax
equalization tax (interest, commercial values, etc.)
everyday feelings; usual feelings
level-tone rhyme (of Chinese)
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
peaceful overthrow of Chinese communism (alleged Western strategy)
peace organization; peace footing
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification; Unification Church
Pyongyang Time; PYT; Standard Time of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Kumamoto-style vermicelli soup
planing (of a surface); facing; milling
parallel venation (of a leaf); parallel veins
planographic printing; planography
plains area; flatland; plain
Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
Hiroshima Peace Institute
Pacific Science Association
(former) Pacific Bank (failed in 1996)
Pacific Research Institute
Pacific Accreditation Cooperation; PAC
Peace Studies Association of Japan; PSAJ
Plebian Society (ca. 1904)
Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation; AAMT
Peace for Vietnam Committee (1965-1974) (abbr)
Heibonsha Ltd (publishers)
Diggers (17th-century group of English Protestant radicals); True Levellers
Heian Jogakuin University; St. Agnes' University
Universal Peace Federation (affiliate of the Unification Church); UPF
silver sea bream (Sparus sarba)
great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus)
gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm
Trichoplax adhaerens (species of placozoan)
Umbonium giganteum (species of sea snail)
Andrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)
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