uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
gentle; mild; meek; tender
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
priestly teacher; preceptor; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
republicanism; cooperation; working together
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
neutralization; neutralisation; neutralization (e.g. of a poison); counteraction
chord; customary "on" reading (of a kanji) used in Japanese (as opposed to those derived from Chinese); (arch.) Wu reading (of a kanji; as opposed to a Han reading)
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
concord; harmony; concert
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
peace talks; peace negotiations
Japanese-style confectionary store
peace conference; peace negotiations
physical disorder; incongruity; incompatibility; inconsistency
republican form of government; republicanism
Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef
disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
blending of Japanese and Western styles
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
harmony; concord; agreement; unity; union
Meiwa era (1764.6.2-1772.11.16)
season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month
neutralizer; neutraliser; counteractive; antidote
out-of-court settlement payment
Japanese name (esp. for a plant or animal)
harmony; concord; consonance
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
Japan and the West; Japanese style and Western style
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
to maintain (preserve) peace
the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)
Japanese, Western and Chinese (cuisine)
Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
English-Japanese dictionary
yumi; Japanese-style bow; Japanese-style archery
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
Kokin Wakashū (Heian-period collection of poetry)
study of classical Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
English-Japanese; English-Japanese dictionary
Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)
Japanese mathematics; mathematics developed in Japan
Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito
deregulation; removal (easing) of (official) restrictions; relaxation of regulations
spirit of harmony; the Japanese spirit
War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
peace agreement; peace accord
Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21); Tenwa era
People's Republic of China
Italian-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
Japanese-style bookbinding
Japanese-style confectionary store
Shōwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)
settlement; compromise settlement; settlement offer
wasanbon; fine-grained Japanese sugar (traditionally used in wagashi); wagashi sweets made from wasanbon
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
peace conference; peace talks
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
appeasement; placation; propitiation
Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo
Japanese language; wago; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords)
peace plan; peace program
boy; (male) servant; bastard; bitch; you
hymns of praise in Japanese
peace terms; conditions of peace
Shōwa Station (Antarctica); Showa Station; Syowa Station
republican form of government
traditional Japanese pattern; traditional Japanese design
Kanna era (985.4.27-987.4.5); Kanwa era
Kyōwa era (1801.2.5-1804.2.11)
following blindly; following suit without reflection
scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert in Japanese mathematics
easing of tensions; detente; thaw
book bound in Japanese style
Japanese dressmaking; kimono making
war and peace; (making) peace; cessation of hostilities; reconciliation
traditional Japanese musical instrument
the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
Kōwa era (of the Southern Court; 1381.2.10-1384.4.28)
dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
to grow together; to join together (in doing something)
appeasement policy; policy of appeasement
wadō kaichin; Japan's first circulated coinage (minted in 708 CE)
peace initiative; peace overture
Waka Office; government office responsible for compiling imperially commissioned anthologies of waka poetry
Eiwa era (of the Northern Court) (1375.2.27-1379.3.22)
to try to be reconciled (with); to take measures to bring about reconciliation
Japanese dog breed (e.g. Shiba, Akita)
wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
book in Japanese; book bound in the Japanese style
Japanese-style desk (short, used while sitting on the floor)
Wadō era (708.1.11-715.9.2)
Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that ended Japan's policy of national seclusion
Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia (1712)
modern Japanese (design or architecture); traditionally Japanese (design) in a modern form
Japanese calendar; Japanese imperial year
Wani; wani (mythological sea monster)
Bunna era (of the Northern Court; 1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era
(traditional) Japanese style
Japanese-English dictionary
Japanese-English; Japanese-English dictionary
treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty
wokou; wakō; Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries
affiliative; harmonious; compatible; friendly (e.g. user-friendly, environment-friendly)
palliative; mitigative; lenitive; alleviant; obtundent; anesthetic
Japanese Names of Medical Herbs (book written 901-923)
five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China); harmony of the five races (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese; official policy of Manchukuo)
Republic of Turkey; Republic of Türkiye
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Japanese-style squat toilet
Japan, China and the West; Japanese, Chinese and Western learning
English-Japanese translation
traditional Japanese medicine; Japanese folk medicine
Japanese-Spanish (e.g. dictionary)
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time
Paris Peace Conference (1919); Versailles Peace Conference
pacifist constitution (i.e. the current Japanese constitution); peace constitution
Japanese-style kitchen knife (esp. with single-beveled blade)
Shōwa retro; Shōwa era-style; reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic
history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Republic of Venice (697-1797)
Japanese-English dictionary
Yōwa era (1181.7.14-1182.5.27)
Shōwa Day (national holiday; April 29); Showa Day
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901); Boxer Uprising; Yihetuan Movement
gentle mutual affection; harmony; harmony
wagoto; love scene; style of acting for love stories
wabori; traditional Japanese tattooing
pacifism; pacifist thought
German Democratic Republic; East Germany
Jōwa era (834.1.3-848.6.13); Shōwa era
palliative medicine; palliative therapy; palliative treatment; palliative care
Japanese candle; handmade candle using Japan wax
social integration (esp. of burakumin); assimilation; burakumin
book bound in the traditional Japanese style
polyunsaturated fatty acid
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
with a gentle face and a nice word
to get along well together; to be in tune with one another; to harmonize with each other; to go well together
the harmony of yin and yang energies
Japanese-English translation
Japanese-Latin (e.g. dictionary)
Ōwa era (961.2.16-964.7.10)
Japanese-made thing; Japanese goods; Japanese style thing
traditional Japanese colours (colors); addition color
Federal Republic of Germany; Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1990); West Germany
harmonious cooperation; close cooperation
pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious; being happily married
harmonious cooperation; close cooperation
China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese (languages); dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
Japanese reading of a Chinese character
native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
Japanese-style ritual saddle
harmonize but not agree (harmonise)
mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR; Soviet Union
Republic of the Philippines
hotel room with both Western and Japanese elements (usu. with Western-style beds and a separate tatami-floored living area)
Shōwa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression)
Urawa Red Diamonds (Japanese pro soccer team) (abbr)
French-Japanese dictionary
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
Russia and Japan; Russian-Japanese
touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese)
Japanese wakin goldfish variety
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
disjunction; logical sum; logical add; OR operation
anharmonic; non-harmonic; discordant
Treaty of San Francisco; Treaty of Peace with Japan (Sept. 8, 1951)
Japanese spirit with Western learning
the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shōchū and fruit wine)
(generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (1926-1934)
traditional Japanese medicine
Dai Kanwa Jiten (major kanji dictionary compiled by Morohashi Tetsuji)
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
wayō gassō; mixed orchestra using Japanese and Western instruments
to be happily married; (lit.) to go together like two zithers
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
Japan and Russia; Japanese-Russian
Japanese and Chinese medicine; Oriental medicine
German-Japanese dictionary
sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan
Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era
partial relaxation; partial easing
discord and hostility; feud
saturation vapor; saturation vapour
scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
Japanese style restaurant; Japanese style dining hall
Hellenic Republic (Greece)
Japanese-German (e.g. dictionary)
Japanese-French (e.g. dictionary)
U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers
Dutch-Japanese (dictionary, translation, etc.)
traditional Japanese wedding
French-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
partial sum (of a sequence)
Shouwa Women's University
peace accord; peace agreement
United Republic of Tanzania
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
assimilation district; area targeted for antidiscrimination measures; burakumin area
issue of social integration of Burakumin; Burakumin issue; Buraku issue
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)
Islamic republic (Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mauritania)
Federative Republic of Brazil
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (conservative faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Abe faction
A Pocket Dictionary of the English and Japanese Language (1862)
A Japanese and English Dictionary with an English and Japanese Index (1867)
Perpetual Peace (by Immanuel Kant)
peacelessness; lacking social peace
Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages
Japanese Brown (cattle breed)
Kōwa era (1099.8.28-1104.2.10)
Japanese-style oblong, open end envelope
Japanese-German dictionary
alleviation of congestion (esp. traffic)
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
traditionally Japanese style; purely Japanese style
Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia); nashi pear
Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido
Shinwa Women's University
Seiwa Women's Junior College
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Kobe Shinwa Women's University
people's democratic republic
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Lao People's Democratic Republic
air conditioning unit; AC unit; air conditioner
Peace Studies Association of Japan; PSAJ
people's socialist republic
heat of neutralization (neutralisation)
delivery with little pain (i.e. through the use of pain-reducing drugs excluding epidurals)
(inclusive) OR gate; (inclusive) OR element
Japan Wagashi Association
supersaturated vapor; supersaturated vapour
International Peace Cooperation Headquarters
Wakayama Shin-ai University
participating in something by merely following the leaders
Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine
EXCLUSIVE-OR gate; EXCLUSIVE-OR element
literary style from the Heian era onwards, mainly in kana and written by women
monounsaturated fatty acid
Showa Pharmaceutical University
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification; Unification Church
Utsunomiya Kyowa University
Dowa Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited
Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; ASSR
Wakayama Medical University
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
World Conference of Religions for Peace
New Japanese-English Dictionary (published by Kenkyusha; known colloquially as the Green Goddess)
Shinwa-kai (yakuza syndicate)
international peace cooperation
Treaty of Peace with Japan; Treaty of San Francisco (Sept. 8, 1951)
Saito's Idiomological English-Japanese Dictionary (1936)
international peace activity
Progressive Japanese-English dictionary (published by Shogakukan)
Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto)
social integration education; education to eliminate discrimination (e.g. against burakumin)
Universal Peace Federation (affiliate of the Unification Church); UPF
Treaty of Shimoda (1855); treaty initiating official relations between Russia and Japan
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
SRIC Corporation; Sanwa Research Institute Corporation
Soviet Socialist Republic; SSR
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; Georgian SSR; GSSR
non-disjunction; NOR operation; NEITHER-NOR operation
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary; Green Goddess (GG)
association of overseas Japanese merchants
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
non-equivalence operation; EXCLUSIVE-OR operation
augmented chord; augmented triad
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Republic of Niger; Republic of the Niger
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
diminished chord; diminished triad
peaceful overthrow of Chinese communism (alleged Western strategy)
Medical and Pharmaceutical Society for Wakan-Yaku
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
tray of traditional Japanese food
Federal Republic of Somalia
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Federation of Arab Republics
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
movement to end discrimination against Burakumin
Republic of North Macedonia
Nissay Dowa General Insurance
unprecedented monetary easing (by the Bank of Japan in 2013)
Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
being of a gentle disposition; being of a mild character
unprecedented monetary easing (by the Bank of Japan in 2013)
kimono maker; kimono tailor
non-disjunction; NOR operation; NEITHER-NOR operation
waon therapy; soothing warmth therapy
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Hiroshima Peace Institute
Japanese typewriter; typewriter that can type using Japanese characters
conjugal harmony; concord between husband and wife
Sōwa school of tea ceremony
Institute of Natural Medicine
anharmonic ratio; cross ratio
Reiwa Rincho (national council on structural reforms); Reinventing Infrastructure of Wisdom and Action; ReIWA
Kyōwa-go; Japanese-based pidgin language spoken in Manchukuo
Reiwa fever; elated national mood around the start of the Reiwa era (2019)
Wakayama Prefectural Police (abbr)
Japanese production; Japanese product
traditional Japanese magic
Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements; wasei kango
thick Japanese paper resembling Chinese paper (from late Edo period onward)
Shuwa Corporation; Shuuwa
wa shogi (large 11x11 board shogi variant with piece names mainly based on animals)
traditional Japanese steel (e.g. used in swords)
kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
Urawa Red Diamonds (Japanese pro soccer team)
Showa Aluminum Corporation
harmonious divorce settlement; (arch.) harmony; (arch.) reconciliation; (arch.) accord
Japanese person living and working abroad (esp. in Asia as a business person)
Hexie (Chinese high-speed train)
Russian-Japanese dictionary
Japanese-Russian dictionary
Japanese-French dictionary
Sanskrit-Japanese dictionary
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)
Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana); Gray's bird cherry; Gray's chokecherry
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon)
Chinese apple (Malus asiatica)
son of a person of high social standing; young master
Shōwachō Station (Kagawa)