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Is it like 平安 is used mainly when talking about the 平安時代 or in terms of
historical peace?
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Is there a difference between 平和 and 平安
In the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese, we can see the
following trend

> 平安 1644 results, with more particular results being
>
>   * 平安時代 668
>   * 平安京 194
>   * 平安末 55
>   * 平安後期 40
>   * 平安朝 85
>   * 平安神宮 28
>   * 平安初期 36
>   * 平安貴族 35
>   * 平安宮 9
>   * 平安期 16
>   * 平安文化 6
>   * 平安中期 33
>

In other words, 平安 seems to be primarily used as a reference to the Heian
period.

It _can_ be used to mean "calm" (as opposed to "peaceful" 平和), but for this
purpose 平穏 is more common:

> 平穏 500 results (already more than for 平安, after subtracting the specific
> list above)
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