Illustration: Inside a merchant’s storeroom, a wooden balance hangs with its beam perfectly horizontal. One pan holds a single bulky cloth-wrapped parcel; the other supports several small wrapped parcels whose combined weight matches it.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

釣つり合あう

tsuriau

to be balanced, to be in proportion

Example sentences

仕事しごとの量りょうと賃金ちんぎんが釣つり合あっていない。
The amount of work and the pay are not balanced.
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彼かれの欲望よくぼうは収入しゅうにゅうとつりあわない。
His desires are incompatible with his income.
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彼かれの収入しゅうにゅうは社会的地位しゃかいてきちいとつりあっていない。
His income bears no proportion to his social standing.
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Kanji in 釣合

釣angling; fishOnチョウKunつる・つり・つり-
合fit; suitOnゴウ・ガッ・カッKunあう・あい・あい-

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