平ひら
Meanings
Noun
1. something broad and flat
Adjective (の)
2. common; ordinary; plain; rank-and-file
I'm not the club president, just a regular member.
Noun
Abbreviation
3. low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private
Me? I'm just a low-level employee.
Kanji used
flat
Pitch accent
ひ
ら
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Used in vocabulary (74 in total)
palm (of the hand)
rice field on flat land; unterraced paddy
level ground; plain; flatland
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
slap; smack; spanking
flat; even; level
bungalow; one-story house
earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely
breaststroke (swimming)
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
please (e.g. forgive me); I beg of you; kindly; humbly
casserole; earthenware pan; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern
Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)
pan; griddle
plain text; unciphered text
castle on the plains
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
blow with the flat of a sword; slap; smack; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus); person who sucks up to superiors; toady
single story house
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
horizontally mounted; horizontally parked; placed flat; lay-flat
flat ground; seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); multi-brand display area (in a shop); starting field not containing any 20-point cards
bungalow; one-story house
level garden
plain fabrics; plain weave
open-hearth furnace
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
single story house
flat noodles; ribbon pasta (fettuccine, etc.)
flat chisel
plain fabrics; plain weave
hiramaki-e; lacquer decoration technique where metallic powder is sprinkled on a flat design and sealed with a thin layer of lacquer
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
planospiral
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
rank-and-file party member
type of lacquer ware
wide sleeve
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters
ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)
Hirami lemon (Citrus depressa)
Hirami lemon (Citrus depressa)
Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge
pancake (landing)
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.
flat paper; flat sheet
flatworm; flat worm; flat bark beetle
planing (of a surface); facing; milling
kanji "wa" radical at top (radical 14)
horizontal stone hand mill
Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge
blackfin sea bass (Lateolabrax latus)
blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau); banded trevally; barred trevally; Ferdau's trevally; Forskaal's jackfish
Ptilophora subcostata (species of red alga)
great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
earnestly; intently; determinedly; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
Hirai Station (Tokyo)
Hirano Station (Osaka Municipal Subway)
Examples (4 in total)
Me? I'm just a low-level employee.
I'm not the club president, just a regular member.
I'm just an ordinary member.