安定

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 安定 (あんてい) means reaching a state with little wobble or disruptive change. It appears in physical balance and financial continuity.
• Basic usage: Adjusting desk legs removes wobble; a person rents a new room after income becomes dependable.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Physical balance of furniture and continuity of income
  • 全体が安定した is the desk's balanced result, while 収入が安定して describes a dependable financial state before the next action. The second is not physical balance.