How to say "balance" in Japanese

• バランスJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe everyday loanword, covering balance in its general senses: physical steadiness, a balanced diet or lifestyle, or the balance among the parts of something. The natural first choice for most ordinary uses.
  鞍馬あんばは、力ちからよりもバランス感覚かんかくが必要ひつようです。↗

  The pommel horse requires more balance than strength.
• 均衡きんこうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA noun for equilibrium between opposing forces, powers, or quantities — the balance of power between nations, for instance. It leans formal and analytical, the kind of balance that is kept, disturbed, or restored.
  アメリカには憲法上けんぽうじょうの抑制よくせいと均衡きんこうという入念にゅうねんな制度せいどがある。↗

  America has an elaborate system of constitutional checks and balances.
• 差額さがくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounOnly the arithmetic sense: the difference between two amounts, especially of money, price, or cost — a balance left over or a margin. It has nothing to do with equilibrium or physical balance.
  遅延ちえん便びんについては、オリジナルの出発日しゅっぱつびに基もとづくシーズナリティを適用てきようするため、マイル差額さがくの払い戻はらいもどしはいたしません。↗

  For delayed flights, seasonal adjustments are made on the basis of the original flight date and so refunds of air-mile difference will not be made.
• 釣り合うつりあうJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe verb: to balance, to be in equilibrium or harmony with something else — weights balancing each other, or two things that are well matched. Choose it when English 'balance' works as a verb.
  仕事しごとの量りょうと賃金ちんぎんが釣り合つりあっていない。↗

  The amount of work and the pay are not balanced.
• 平衡へいこうCommon
  nounThe scientific term for equilibrium: a state in which opposing forces or processes balance out, as talked about in physics and chemistry. For everyday 'balance' it is seldom the word you want.
  彼かれは体からだの平衡へいこうを失うしなって、ひっくり返かえった。↗

  He lost his balance and fell down.

For everyday balance use 「バランス」; for equilibrium between opposing forces or amounts, often in formal writing, use 均衡; 平衡 is the scientific term; 「釣り合う」 is the verb; 差額 covers only balances of money.

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• バランスbalance
• 均衡きんこうbalance
• 差額さがくbalance
• 釣り合うつりあうto balance
• 平衡へいこうbalance
• あまりremainder
• 釣り合いつりあいbalance
• 差し引きさしひきdeduction
• 残額ざんがくremaining amount
• 均整きんせいsymmetry
• 剰余金じょうよきんsurplus
• 相半ばするあいなかばするto be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition)
• 中心ちゅうしんcenter
• 安定あんていstability
• 残りのこりremainder
• 加減かげんdegree
• 余剰よじょうsurplus
• 皿ばかりさらばかりbalance
• 衡平こうへいbalance
• 権衡けんこうbalance
• 差引勘定さしひきかんじょうbalance (of an account)
• 重心を取るじゅうしんをとるto balance (oneself)
• 持ち合うもちあうto balance
• 帳尻が合うちょうじりがあうto balance (accounts)
• 剰余じょうよsurplus
• てんぷbalance wheel (in a watch)
• 衡器こうきscale
• 天秤ばかりてんびんばかりbalance scale
• 平均化へいきんかaveraging
• あんましremainder
• 残高ざんだか(bank) balance
• 平均へいきんbalance
• 呼吸こきゅうharmony
• 重心じゅうしん(one's) balance
• 収まりおさまりbalance
• 見合いみあいcorrespondence
• 満遍まんべんbalance (in Zen)
• めりはりvariation