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平ひらたい

Kana ひらたい Romaji hiratai

JLPT N1 Common word

Definitions

01i-adjective

02i-adjective

plain (language, words, etc.); simple

usu. as 平たく言えば, 平たく言うと, etc.

Examples

古代人たちは地球は平たいと信じていた。

The ancients believed the earth was flat.

Tatoeba #174590

彼女はハンバーグの肉をたたいて平たくした。

She patted the hamburger meat into a flat shape.

Tatoeba #91700

Other forms

扁たい (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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