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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

平ひらたい

N1
ひらたい hiratai
  1. flat
  2. even
  3. level
  4. simple
  5. plain
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

平坦;简单

Examples

  • 古こ代だい人じんたちは地ち球きゅうは平ひらたいと信しんじていた。
    The ancients believed the earth was flat.
    古人相信地球是平的。
  • 彼かの女じょはハンバーグの肉にくをたたいて平ひらたくした。
    She patted the hamburger meat into a flat shape.
    她把汉堡肉拍扁。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5e960abe59'); // 平たい
{
  "id": "5e960abe59",
  "word": "平たい",
  "reading": "ひらたい",
  "romaji": "hiratai",
  "meanings": [
    "flat",
    "even",
    "level",
    "simple",
    "plain"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1506900,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "古代人たちは地球は平たいと信じていた。",
      "furigana": "{古代人|こだいじん}たちは{地球|ちきゅう}は{平|ひら}たいと{信|しん}じていた。",
      "en": "The ancients believed the earth was flat.",
      "tatoeba_id": 174590
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女はハンバーグの肉をたたいて平たくした。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}はハンバーグの{肉|にく}をたたいて{平|ひら}たくした。",
      "en": "She patted the hamburger meat into a flat shape.",
      "tatoeba_id": 91700
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "625a44876407888484fd6d2c46bfe66aee2795e5655a55feaef72ba7bace4bb0",
    "meanings": [
      "平坦",
      "简单"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "古代人たちは地球は平たいと信じていた。",
        "zh": "古人相信地球是平的。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女はハンバーグの肉をたたいて平たくした。",
        "zh": "她把汉堡肉拍扁。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/5e960abe59",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1506900; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "16a2cd7f4275ad99c06c34909412cdf6171cf6c5bd222081a6623d948a4f6b86"
  }
}