Moto 和: Harmony; Japanese Style; PeaceKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ワ、オ、カ
- Kun'yomi
- やわ(らぐ)、やわ(らげる)、なご(む)、なご(やか)、あ(える)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 695 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ワ・オ・カ)
- グアテマラ共和国グアテマラきょうわこくRepublic of Guatemala
- 和平わへいpeace
- 平和へいわpeace; harmony
- 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこくDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
- 緩和かんわrelief; mitigation
- 共和きょうわrepublican; cooperative
- 和解わかいreconciliation; amicable settlement
- 昭和しょうわShōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
- 共和党きょうわとうRepublican Party
- 調和ちょうわharmony; accord
- 協和きょうわconcord; harmony
- 和紙わしwashi; Japanese paper
- 融和ゆうわharmony; reconciliation
- 違和感いわかんuncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place
- 和歌わかwaka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
- 和風わふうJapanese style
- 不協和音ふきょうわおんdiscord; dissonance
- 和服わふくJapanese clothes
- 和室わしつJapanese-style room
- 和食わしょくJapanese food; Japanese-style meal
- 英和えいわEnglish-Japanese
- 講和こうわreconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
- 共和制きょうわせいrepublic; republicanism
- 和牛わぎゅうWagyu beef; Japanese beef
- 和菓子わがしwagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
- 和議わぎpeace conference; peace negotiations
- 飽和ほうわsaturation; satiation
- 不和ふわfriction; discord
- 中和ちゅうわneutralization; neutralisation
- 中華人民共和国ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこくPeople's Republic of China
- 令和れいわReiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
- 共和国きょうわこくrepublic; commonwealth
- 同和どうわsocial integration (esp. of burakumin); assimilation
- 和わsum
- 和合わごうharmony; concord
- 和名わみょうJapanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
- 和声わせいharmony; concord
- 和尚おしょうpreceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism)
- 和式わしきJapanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
- 和文わぶんJapanese text; sentence in Japanese
- 和洋わようJapan and Europe
- 和洋折衷わようせっちゅうblending of Japanese and Western styles
- 和英わえいJapanese-English
- 和裁わさいJapanese dressmaking; kimono making
- 和装わそうJapanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono
- 和製わせいJapanese-made
- 和製英語わせいえいごJapanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan
- 和訳わやくJapanese translation
- 和語わごJapanese language
- 和音わおんchord
- 唱和しょうわcheering in chorus; saying in unison
- 平和部隊へいわぶたいthe Peace Corps
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 和え物あえものchopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
- 和むなごむto be softened; to calm down
- 和やかなごやかmild; calm
- 和らぐやわらぐto soften; to calm down
- 和らげるやわらげるto soften; to moderate
Other readings
- 大和やまと(ancient) Japan
- 和布わかめwakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
- 日和ひよりweather; climatic conditions
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Kanji that often appear with 和
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