水準|すいじゅんsuijun[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounlevel; standard
   君きみの仕事しごとは期待きたいしている水準すいじゅんに達たっしていない。↗

   Your work comes short of the expected standard.
2. nounwater level

• Synonym標準ひょうじゅんNeutralA general standard that serves as the norm, or the average level, as in 「標準語」 and 「標準体重」.
• Synonym程度ていどNeutralThe everyday word for degree or level; it can also mean 'about', as in 「3日程度」. 水準 leans toward written or formal use.
• Related基準きじゅんNeutralA basis or benchmark for judgment, as in 「判断基準」; 「水準」 puts the weight on the level actually attained rather than on the yardstick itself.
• Related度合いどあいNeutralThe degree or extent of something, as in 「緊張の度合い」; it carries no sense of a standard or grade.
• Related次元じげんNeutralOriginally a mathematical dimension; by extension, a plane or level, as in 「次元が違う」, meaning things are on entirely different levels.
• Related階層かいそうNeutralA social stratum or layer in a hierarchy, as in 「富裕階層」; 水準 is about how high or low something is, not about strata.
• RelatedほどNeutralDegree or limit, mostly in set phrases like 「冗談にも程がある」 and 「身の程」; more common as a particle than as a noun.
• Related域いきWrittenA level or realm attained, as in 「名人の域に達する」 and 「趣味の域を出ない」; a word of written or formal prose.
• Related層そうNeutralA bracket of people divided by age, income and the like, as in 「若年層」 and 「富裕層」; mostly used as a suffix.

Use 「水準」 for the level something has reached — living standards, technology and the like. For the basis of judgment pick 「基準」, for a general norm 「標準」, and for degree in everyday talk 「程度」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 価値かち・能力のうりょく・品質ひんしつなどの一定いっていの標準ひょうじゅん。
2. 水面すいめんの位置いち。