Keyword
harmony
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig963
Readings
(81%)
より
(4%)
やわ
(3%)
なご
(3%)
いず
(2%)
(1%)
(1%)
Composed of
grain plant
mouth
Mnemonic

When all mouths are fed thanks to our abundant grain plants we can all finally live in harmony.

Used in vocabulary (729 in total)
peace; harmony
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
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to be softened; to calm down
gentle; mild; meek; tender
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
republic; commonwealth
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
Japanese clothes
Japanese-style room
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
world peace; peace of the world
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
harmony; reconciliation
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
calm (at sea); lull
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
washi; Japanese paper
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
republican; cooperative
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
saturation; satiation
chord; "on" reading of a kanji
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
Japanese-style confectionary store
peace talks; peace negotiations
Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
peace conference; peace negotiations
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef
Japanese translation
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
physical disorder
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
blending of Japanese and Western styles
Japanese person
republic; republicanism
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor
sum total; summation
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
friendship; fellowship
harmony; concord; agreement; unity; union
concord; harmony; concert
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
the Japanese spirit
food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
Japan and Europe
to maintain (preserve) peace
Meiwa era (1764.6.2-1772.11.16)
neutralizer; neutraliser; counteractive; antidote
peaceable; peaceful
harmonious atmosphere
Japanese-made
season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month
Japanese, Chinese and Western (e.g. when referring to food styles available, etc.)
feeling of calmness and relaxation
chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
to relieve a person's pain
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
Japanese drum
deregulation; removal (easing) of (official) restrictions; relaxation of regulations
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
English-Japanese dictionary
Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)
harmony; concord; consonance
Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito
Japan; name for Japan used in ancient China
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
ideal weather for a walk
Netherlands; Holland
English-Japanese; English-Japanese dictionary
Japanese-style ship
palliative care
Japanese umbrella
ideal weather for an outing
Kokin Wakashū (Heian period collection of poetry)
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
Japanese-style bookbinding
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21); Tenwa era
(consensual) sexual intercourse
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
yumi; Japanese-style bow; Japanese-style archery
mixture; mingling
peace agreement; peace accord
refined Japanese sugar
republican government
settlement; compromise settlement; settlement offer
detente; easing of tensions; thaw
peace and harmony
Japanese-style confectionary store
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo
hymns of praise in Japanese
dish dressed with sesame sauce
Japanese mathematics; mathematics developed in Japan
beef boiled with soy sauce, ginger and sugar
downy hair
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
peace terms; conditions of peace
to calm; to soothe; to quiet; to appease
book bound in Japanese style
saturation point
following blindly; following suit without reflection
Netherlands; Holland
appeasement; placation; propitiation
geta for wear in dry weather
Japanese language; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other foreign loanwords)
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
Kyōwa era (1801.2.5-1804.2.11)
dish dressed with sesame sauce
Shōwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)
peace settlement
republican form of government
war and peace; peace
the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)
the Boxers (China)
Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)
dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
dissonance; discord
to grow together; to join together (in doing something)
Italian-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
Japanese dressmaking; kimono making
peace conference; peace talks
word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word
peace-loving nation
book in Japanese; book bound in the Japanese style
to try to be reconciled (with); to take measures to bring about reconciliation
Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion
clear autumn day; clear fall day
Shōwa Station (Antarctica); Showa Station; Syowa Station
Kōwa era (of the Southern Court) (1381.2.10-1384.4.28)
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither
Wadō era (708.1.11-715.9.2)
to make peace
peace initiative; peace overture
traditional Japanese pattern; traditional Japanese design
traditional Japanese musical instrument
dish dressed with sesame sauce
Japanese-English dictionary
friendship
chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
Japanese-Italian
Kanna era (985.4.27-987.4.5); Kanwa era
supersaturation
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
Eiwa era (of the Northern Court) (1375.2.27-1379.3.22)
Japan's first circulated coinage (minted in 708 CE)
modern Japanese (design or architecture); traditionally Japanese (design) in a modern form
(traditional) Japanese style
treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty
good things come to those who wait; (lit.) if you wait, there will come a fine day for taking the sea route
Japanese-style set menu
scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert of Japanese maths
the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease
Japanese dog breed (e.g. Shiba, Akita)
Japanese calendar; Japanese imperial year
Spanish-Japanese
Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era
Japanese-English; Japanese-English dictionary
social integration (esp. of burakumin); assimilation; burakumin
Japan, China and the West; Japanese, Chinese and Western learning
history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)
English-Japanese translation
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
to win a hand
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
Japanese-style squat toilet
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso
gentle mutual affection; harmony; harmony
Shōwa Day (national holiday; April 29); Showa Day
Jōwa era (834.1.3-848.6.13); Shōwa era
wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages
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)
to win a hand
Japanese-Spanish
traditional Japanese medicine; Japanese folk medicine
peaceful country
Paris Peace Conference (1919); Versailles Peace Conference
peace accord; peace agreement
clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time
Japanese-English dictionary
palliative medicine; palliative therapy; palliative treatment; palliative care
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901); Boxer Uprising; Yihetuan Movement
German Democratic Republic (i.e. former East Germany)
pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms
wagoto; love scene; style of acting for love stories
Yōwa era (1181.7.14-1182.5.27)
Japanese-style desk (short, used while sitting on the floor)
broken chord; arpeggio
policy of reconciliation
hydration
the harmony of yin and yang energies
the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles
harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
Japanese-English translation
Japanese-Latin (e.g. dictionary)
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
book bound in the traditional Japanese style
harmonious cooperation; close cooperation
traditional Japanese colours (colors); addition color
calm (at sea); lull
concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait
harmonious cooperation; close cooperation
winning by picking up a discarded tile
pacifism; pacifist thought
with a gentle face and a nice word
Ōwa era (961.2.16-964.7.10)
to get along well together; to be in tune with one another; to harmonize with each other; to go well together
Federal Republic of Germany (former West Germany)
French-Japanese dictionary
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
Republic of the Philippines
native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
Japanese-made thing; Japanese goods; Japanese style thing
following blindly; following suit without reflection
harmonize but not agree (harmonise)
Japanese reading of a Chinese character
Japanese-style ritual saddle
Shōwa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression)
pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious; being happily married
traditional Japanese medicine
China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese (languages); dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
German-Japanese
Treaty of San Francisco; Treaty of Peace with Japan (Sept. 8, 1951)
hymns of praise in Japanese
the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
obedient; docile; quiet
hotel room with both Western and Japanese elements (usu. with Western-style beds and a separate tatami-floored living area)
anharmonic; non-harmonic; discordant
opportunistic pathogen
Japanese wakin goldfish variety
mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself
alleviation of congestion (esp. traffic)
dressing (vegetables, fish, etc.) with vinegar; vegetables (or fish, etc.) dressed with vinegar
Russia and Japan; Russian-Japanese
Yamato Station (Kanagawa)
touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese)
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
Japanese spirit with Western learning
Japanese and Chinese medicine; oriental medicine
sky pattern on a calm and clear day of spring
Japan and Russia; Japanese-Russian
harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shōchū and fruit wine)
blessing of heaven; hand in which the dealer goes out on their initial deal
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
neutralization reaction
(generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (1926-1934)
wayō gassō; mixed orchestra using Japanese and Western instruments
Dai Kanwa Jiten (major Kanji Dictionary, edited by Morohashi Tetsuji)
disjunction; logical sum; logical add; OR operation
peace studies; irenology
German-Japanese dictionary
five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China)
Japanese-French (e.g. dictionary)
major chord; major triad
to win a hand
to be happily married; (lit.) to go together like two zithers
Japanese kite
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita); Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica)
Japanese-German (e.g. dictionary)
Japanese-style mirror
Hellenic Republic (Greece)
scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
discord and hostility; feud
U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
Japanese music
Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era
blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn
Yamato period (300-550 CE)
partial relaxation; partial easing
to try to be reconciled (with); to take measures to bring about reconciliation
Japanese trinket
dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
the Japanese spirit
French-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
Japanese Brown (cattle breed)
native Japanese species
peacelessness; lacking social peace
Kōwa era (1099.8.28-1104.2.10)
word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word
good things come to those who wait; (lit.) if you wait, there will come a fine day of nectar (falling from the sky)
partial sum (of a sequence)
traditional Japanese wedding
seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usually for fish or vegetables
Islamic republic (Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mauritania)
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
relaxation method
Japanese style restaurant; Japanese style dining hall
Three Mountains of Yamato (Mt. Miminashi, Mt. Kagu, and Mt. Unebi)
Ōwada Station (Osaka)
assimilation district; area targeted for antidiscrimination measures; burakumin area
all pungs; winning hand consisting of four pungs or kongs and one pair
word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word
judo; jujutsu
Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
saturation vapor; saturation vapour
Japanese-style oblong, open end envelope
Japanese poem; waka; tanka
Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages
blindly following others
Japanese-style bookbinding
following blindly; following suit without reflection
thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk
winning from another's discarded tile
winning from another's discarded tile
touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese)
good things come to those who wait; (lit.) if you wait, there will come a fine day for taking the sea route
Japanese mainlander
Japanese-style ritual saddle
seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usually for fish or vegetables
seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usually for fish or vegetables
Yamato shrimp (Caridina multidentata); Amano shrimp
Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita); Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica)
Japanese cockroach (Periplaneta japonica)
Hellenic Republic (Greece)
Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana); Gray's bird cherry; Gray's chokecherry
all pungs; winning hand consisting of four pungs or kongs and one pair
parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
yamatogoto; wagon; six or seven-stringed native Japanese zither
Sanskrit-Japanese dictionary
heat of neutralization (neutralisation)
Japanese-German dictionary
conjugal harmony; concord between husband and wife
alleviation; abatement; peacefulness
social integration education; education to eliminate discrimination (e.g. against burakumin)
relaxation oscillation
supersaturated vapor; supersaturated vapour
(former) Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; Georgian SSR; GSSR
participating in something by merely following the leaders
participating in something by merely following the leaders
being of a gentle disposition; being of a mild character
revival of Japanese food
Treaty of Peace with Japan; Treaty of San Francisco (Sept. 8, 1951)
Japanese-French dictionary
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
zero-sum game
divorce by settlement
movement to end discrimination against Burakumin
non-equivalence operation; EXCLUSIVE-OR operation
EXCLUSIVE-OR gate; EXCLUSIVE-OR element
non-disjunction; NOR operation; NEITHER-NOR operation
non-disjunction; NOR operation; NEITHER-NOR operation
(inclusive) OR gate; (inclusive) OR element
the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk
the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk
Kyōwa-go; Japanese-based pidgin language spoken in Manchukuo
delivery with little pain (i.e. use of pain-reducing drugs)
son of a person of high social standing
branch of ancient Japanese magic tricks inherited mainly from oral tradition
Japanese production; Japanese product
Treaty of Shimoda (1855); treaty initiating official relations between Russia and Japan
changing weather; fickle weather
salad of minced Welsh onions, seafood, and vinegared miso
literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women
air conditioning unit; AC unit; air conditioner
thick Japanese paper resembling Chinese paper (from late Edo period onward)
Japanese person living and working abroad (esp. in Asia as a business person)
association of overseas Japanese merchants
Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto)
tray of traditional Japanese food
dish dressed with fish roe
small animal with soft fur
Japanese syllabary symbols; kana
winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles
winning off a self-drawn tile
saturated color (colour)
blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn
Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido
Japanese typewriter; typewriter that can type using Japanese characters
seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables
seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables
diminished chord; diminished triad
augmented chord; augmented triad
traditional Japanese steel (e.g. used in swords)
waon therapy; soothing warmth therapy
Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements; wasei kango
semantic satiation
Reiwa fever; elated national mood around the start of the Reiwa era
Russian-Japanese dictionary
Japanese-Russian dictionary
kimono maker; kimono tailor
word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word; waka; classic Japanese poem
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Togolese Republic (Togo)
Republic of Niger; Republic of the Niger
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
warmth of the spring sun
anharmonic ratio; cross ratio
Japanese people
Heiwadai Station (Tokyo)
Nawa Station (Tottori)
Shōwachō Station (Kagawa)
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon)
Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa)
Chinese apple (Malus asiatica)
Corbicula japonica (species of basket clam)
pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)
pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)
Ixodes ovatus (species of tick)
Japanese barracuda (Sphyraena japonica)
Japanese barracuda (Sphyraena japonica)
Japanese barracuda (Sphyraena japonica)
Japanese barracuda (Sphyraena japonica)
Examples (200 in total)
We could live in peace here.
It is crucial for world peace.
Even at nighttime, it was not quiet and peaceful any more.