Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a child proudly lifts the edge of a broad sheet of dough they have rolled out. Its thin edge and wide, level surface are clearly visible across the wooden board. A remaining round ball of dough sits beside it, making the difference in shape immediately apparent.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

平ひらたい

hiratai

flat

Example sentences

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。
The ancients believed the earth was flat.
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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。
She patted the hamburger meat into a flat shape.
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膝ひざの前面ぜんめんにある平ひらたい皿状さらじょうの骨ほねは膝蓋骨しつがいこつと言いいます。
The flat, dish-shaped bone in front of the knee joint is called the patella.
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Kanji in 平

平even; flatOnヘイ・ビョウ・ヒョウKunたいら・たいらげる・ひら

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