JLPT N3 · な-adjective

平ら (taira)

平ら (たいら, taira) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “flat; level”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たいら
Romaji: taira
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

flat; level; even; smooth · な-adjective
calm; tranquil; placid; composed; stable · な-adjective
relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable · な-adjective · usu. as お平らに
plateau; tableland; plain · suffix noun · after a place name, usu. だいら

Example sentences

あの山の頂上は平らだ。

The top of that mountain is flat.

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

Conjugation of 平ら

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	平らだ	たいらだ tairada
Present (polite)	平らです	たいらです tairadesu
Negative	平らじゃない	たいらじゃない tairajanai
Past	平らだった	たいらだった tairadatta
Negative past	平らじゃなかった	たいらじゃなかった tairajanakatta
Te-form	平らで	たいらで tairade
Before a noun	平らな	たいらな tairana
Adverb (~ni)	平らに	たいらに tairani

Kanji in 平ら

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 平ら.

平仮名ひらがなhiragana公平こうへいfair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)平常へいじょうnormal

Source: JMdict entry 1506930 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.