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和 kanji
harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ワオカ
Kun readings
やわらぐやわらげるなごむなごやかあえる
Variant forms
龢Words with 和
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —和牛PopularWagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef
- —和語PopularJapanese language; wago; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords)
- —和紙Popularwashi; Japanese paper
- —和室PopularJapanese-style room
- —和食PopularJapanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
- —和平Popularpeace
- —和式PopularJapanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
- —融和Popularharmony; reconciliation
- —和議Popularpeace conference; peace negotiations
- —講和Popularreconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
- —令和PopularReiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
- —違和感Popularuncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
- —共和国Popularrepublic; commonwealth
- —共和制Popularrepublican form of government; republicanism
- —共和党PopularRepublican Party
- —和菓子Popularwagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
- —和洋折衷Popularblending of Japanese and Western styles
- —不協和音Populardiscord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
- —中華人民共和国PopularPeople's Republic of China
- —グアテマラ共和国PopularRepublic of Guatemala