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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

和わ

wa

harmony, peace

Example sentences

  1. スポーツではチームの和わが成功せいこうには欠かかせません。

    In sport, team harmony is vital to success.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 「和わの武道ぶどう」「争あらそわない武道ぶどう」などとも評ひょうされる。

    It is reputed to be the 'martial art of harmony' and the 'martial art in which there is no conflict.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 家族かぞくの和わを大切たいせつにしたい。

    I want to keep peace in the family.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 和

  • 和harmony; Japanese styleOnワ・オ・カKunやわらぐ・やわらげる・なごむ

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