地平|ちへいchihei[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounlevel ground
2. nounhorizon
3. nounfield of view

• Synonym地平線ちへいせんNeutralThe line where land and sky meet. 「地平」 also covers level ground and one's range of thought, as in 「新たな地平」.
• Related水平線すいへいせんNeutralThe line where the sea meets the sky; 「地平」 is about land.
• RelatedスカイラインNeutralLoanword for a skyline traced by mountains or buildings, also a scenic mountain road; 「地平」 means the flat earth.
• Related空際くうさいWrittenWritten word for the line where sky and earth meet; very rare, and in everyday speech 「地平線」 is the normal choice.
• Related視地平しちへいWrittenAstronomical term for the horizon as it appears to the eye; rarely used.
• Antonym天頂てんちょうWrittenThe point directly overhead of the observer; the opposite of 「地平」.
• Antonym天辺てんぺんWrittenRead 「てんぺん」; the heights of the sky, the very top. Somewhat written, and the vertical opposite of 「地平」.

For the line where land meets the sky say 「地平線」, and at sea 「水平線」. 「地平」 is more written in flavour and often figurative for new horizons, as in 「新しい地平を開く」; the other terms are rare or specialized.

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1. 大地だいちの平坦へいたんな広ひろがり。
2. 思考しこうや物事ものごとの判断はんだんでその思考しこうが及およぶ範囲はんい。