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”)

【寛和かんな】

[proper noun] the Kanna era, 985–987

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

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