平衡|へいこうheikou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounbalance; equilibrium
   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.

• Synonym釣り合いつりあいNeutralBalance between two sides; leans toward physical matching and set phrases like 「釣り合いが取れる」. More colloquial than 「平衡」.
• Synonym均衡きんこうWrittenWritten word for balance or parity, leaning to economics and power relations, as in 「均衡を保つ」.
• SynonymバランスNeutralLoanword for balance; the most common choice in everyday speech, as in 「栄養バランス」.
• Synonym均整きんせいWrittenWritten word for overall proportion and symmetry, as in 「均整の取れた体」 or 「均整の取れた建物」.
• Synonym安定あんていNeutralStability rather than balance, as in 「生活が安定する」; does not stress two sides being even.
• Synonym兼ね合いかねあいNeutralBalancing or weighing several things against each other, as in 「予算との兼ね合い」.
• Synonym釣り合うつりあうNeutralVerb: to balance or to match, as in 「収支が釣り合う」.
• Related安定性あんていせいWrittenWritten word for the property of being stable; leans toward technical assessments.
• Related均勢きんせいWrittenWritten word for a balance of power; used rarely.
• Antonym偏りかたよりNeutralLeaning toward one side; the everyday antonym of balance, as in 「栄養の偏り」.
• Antonym不平衡ふへいこうWrittenWritten antonym meaning imbalance; the direct opposite of 「平衡」.

For everyday balance, use 「バランス」. 「平衡」 is the written and scientific term for a stable equilibrium, as in 「平衡感覚」 and 「化学平衡」. For two things matching, say 「釣り合い」; for leaning to one side, 「偏り」.

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1. 物事ものごとが安定あんていした状態じょうたいを保たもっていること。