JLPT N1 · い-adjective

平たい (hiratai)

平たい (ひらたい, hiratai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “flat; even”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひらたい
Romaji: hiratai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

flat; even; level · い-adjective
plain (language, words, etc.); simple · い-adjective · usu. as 平たく言えば, 平たく言うと, etc.

Example sentences

古代人たちは地球は平たいと信じていた。

The ancients believed the earth was flat.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 平たい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	平たい	ひらたい hiratai
Negative	平たくない	ひらたくない hiratakunai
Past	平たかった	ひらたかった hiratakatta
Negative past	平たくなかった	ひらたくなかった hiratakunakatta
Te-form	平たくて	ひらたくて hiratakute
Adverb (~ku)	平たく	ひらたく hirataku
Conditional (~ba)	平たければ	ひらたければ hiratakereba

Kanji in 平たい

平

even, flat, peaceヘイ・ビョウ・たい.ら・たい.らげる · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 平たい.

平仮名ひらがなhiragana公平こうへいfair平らたいらflat平等びょうどうequality不平ふへいdiscontent平均へいきんaverage平和へいわpeace地平線ちへいせんhorizon (related to land)水平すいへいhorizontal平気へいきcool平日へいじつweekday平凡へいぼんordinary平野へいやplain水平線すいへいせんhorizon (related to bodies of water)

Source: JMdict entry 1506900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.