JLPT N2 · な-adjective

平気 (heiki)

平気 (へいき, heiki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “cool; calm”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: へいき
Romaji: heiki
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

cool; calm; composed; unconcerned; nonchalant · な-adjective, noun
all right; fine; OK; okay · な-adjective · colloquial

Example sentences

彼は平気でうそをつく。

He has no scruples about lying.

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

Conjugation of 平気

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	平気だ	へいきだ heikida
Present (polite)	平気です	へいきです heikidesu
Negative	平気じゃない	へいきじゃない heikijanai
Past	平気だった	へいきだった heikidatta
Negative past	平気じゃなかった	へいきじゃなかった heikijanakatta
Te-form	平気で	へいきで heikide
Before a noun	平気な	へいきな heikina
Adverb (~ni)	平気に	へいきに heikini

Kanji in 平気

平

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

気

spirit, mind, airキ・ケ・いき・き · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 平気.

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 1507180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.