かんわ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かんわ – see the following entries.

【緩和】 [noun] relaxation, lessening in amount, alleviation [verb] lessen in amount, alleviate, ease up

【閑話】 [noun] chat, chatter Alternative spelling 間話

【官話】 [noun] Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))

【漢和】 [noun] China and Japan; Sino-Japanese [noun] Chinese and Japanese languages [noun] Short for 漢和辞典 (“Chinese–Japanese dictionary”).

(This term, かんわ (kanwa), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

【漢和かんな】 [noun] Short for 漢和連句 (“a kind of renku with 5–7–5 or 7–7 Japanese verses and 5-syllable or 7-syllable Chinese verses, particularly one which begins with a Chinese verse”).

(This term, かんわ (kan'wa), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 感話.)