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
【漢和】	[noun] China and Japan; Sino-Japanese [noun] Chinese and Japanese languages [noun] Short for 漢和辞典 (“Chinese–Japanese dictionary”).
【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”).
【閑話】	[noun] chat, chatter Alternative spelling 間話
【官話】	[noun] Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))

(This term, かんわ, is a historical hiragana spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 間話, 感話.)