平

Pyongyang (North Korea)

castle on the plains

translation; shift; parallel displacement

peacekeeping

plain text; unciphered text

peace-keeping operation

Derogatory

complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict

similar to that of an average year; in line with an average year; normal

blow with the flat of a sword

slap; smack

metal flattened by striking

tape; flat braid

type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers

Music

equal temperament; mean-tone tuning

seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet

Sumo

rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

commonplace; ordinary; trite

informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)

flat; even; level

plain (language, words, etc.); simple

smooth; even; level; flat

meter (in Chinese poetry); consistency

flat bottom

to be suppressed

stock price average

Music

(in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E)

Music

hyōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

single story house

democracy

Mahjong

concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait

leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization