"Linguistics" One of the 「かな」. Mainly a simplification of handwritten characters in 「万葉仮名」. [Reference] Developed from the early to mid-Heian period, during that time it was used in 和歌 or correspondence. Since it was primarily used among women, it is also called 「女手」. [Antonym] 片仮名
平気
[へいき]
N2
all right
OK
okay
coolness
calmness
composure
平凡
[へいぼん]
N2
common, commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
並行
[へいこう]
N2
abreast, concurrent, occurring together, at the same time, parallel
かたかな
[片仮名]
N2
"Language study" A type of 「仮名」. Mostly syllabic characters created from all or part of Kanji, used to record foreign words, names of plants and animals, telegram messages, etc. [Antonym] 平仮名
片道
[かたみち]
N2
one-way (trip)
片付く
[かたづく]
N2
to be disposed of, to be solved, to be finished, to be married (off), to be put in order, to be put to rights
編む
[あむ]
N2
to knit
to plait
to braid
to compile (anthology
dictionary
etc.)
返る
[かえる]
N2
to return, to come back, to go back, (after the -masu stem of a verb) (to become) extremely, (to become) completely, to turn over
便所
[べんじょ]
N2
toilet, lavatory, rest room, latrine, comfort station
