Meanings
Noun
Math
1. sum
2. harmony; peace
Adjective (の)
Noun
3. Japan; Japanese-style
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (143 in total)
Russia and Japan; Russian-Japanese
chord; "on" reading of a kanji
traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shōchū and fruit wine)
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
(consensual) sexual intercourse
Japanese clothes
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
Japanese language; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other foreign loanwords)
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef
Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21); Tenwa era
Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era
peace; harmony
reconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
Kokin Wakashū (Heian period collection of poetry)
Spanish-Japanese
friendship
king of Yamato
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
peace
Japanese-style room
Japanese person
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
Japanese-Italian
washi; Japanese paper
peace conference; peace negotiations
Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
sum total; summation
Japanese translation
disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity
Meiwa era (1764.6.2-1772.11.16)
friendship; fellowship
harmony; concord; agreement; unity; union
wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
harmonious atmosphere
the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)
the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)
Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
Japanese-made
Japan and Europe
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
Japanese drum
Japanese mathematics; mathematics developed in Japan
English-Japanese; English-Japanese dictionary
yumi; Japanese-style bow; Japanese-style archery
Italian-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
peace settlement
Japanese-style bookbinding
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
mixture; mingling
refined Japanese sugar
peace and harmony
hymns of praise in Japanese
Japanese dressmaking; kimono making
the Boxers (China)
traditional Japanese pattern; traditional Japanese design
book bound in Japanese style
Kanna era (985.4.27-987.4.5); Kanwa era
war and peace; peace
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
book in Japanese; book bound in the Japanese style
traditional Japanese musical instrument
Japanese calendar; Japanese imperial year
Wadō era (708.1.11-715.9.2)
Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era
modern Japanese (design or architecture); traditionally Japanese (design) in a modern form
Japanese-English; Japanese-English dictionary
(traditional) Japanese style
Japanese-Spanish
touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese)
traditional Japanese medicine; Japanese folk medicine
Japanese reading of a Chinese character
Japanese-style set menu
harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
Ōwa era (961.2.16-964.7.10)
wagoto; love scene; style of acting for love stories
social integration (esp. of burakumin); assimilation; burakumin
Jōwa era (834.1.3-848.6.13); Shōwa era
hydration
native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
Japanese-Latin (e.g. dictionary)
Japanese wakin goldfish variety
the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
with a gentle face and a nice word
traditional Japanese colours (colors); addition color
harmonize but not agree (harmonise)
pair of persons (especially a married couple) being intimate and harmonious; being happily married
Japanese-made thing; Japanese goods; Japanese style thing
China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese (languages); dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
Japanese spirit with Western learning
German-Japanese
traditional Japanese medicine
hotel room with both Western and Japanese elements (usu. with Western-style beds and a separate tatami-floored living area)
disjunction; logical sum; logical add; OR operation
Japan and Russia; Japanese-Russian
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
Japanese and Chinese medicine; oriental medicine
traditional Japanese wedding
scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
Japanese music
Japanese-German (e.g. dictionary)
to be happily married; (lit.) to go together like two zithers
Japanese-French (e.g. dictionary)
algebraic sum
French-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
direct sum
Japanese-style oblong, open end envelope
Japanese trinket
partial sum (of a sequence)
native Japanese species
sum of squares
Sanskrit-Japanese dictionary
conjugal harmony; concord between husband and wife
zero-sum game
zero-sum game
divorce by settlement
arithmetic sum
non-disjunction; NOR operation; NEITHER-NOR operation
non-disjunction; NOR operation; NEITHER-NOR operation
cumulative sum
delivery with little pain (i.e. use of pain-reducing drugs)
Japanese production; Japanese product
literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women
thick Japanese paper resembling Chinese paper (from late Edo period onward)
tray of traditional Japanese food
Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido
traditional Japanese steel (e.g. used in swords)
full-width space
Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598); Imjin war
son of a person of high social standing
Examples (5 in total)
In sport, team harmony is vital to success.
There's a place called Kuchiwa in Hiroshima.
Every even number is the sum of two primes.