けいくわ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of けいくわ – see the following entries.

【京華けいか】	[noun] (literary, poetic) capital, capital city
【珪化けいか】	[noun] (chemistry, geology) silicification [verb] (chemistry, geology) to silicificate Alternative spelling ケイ化
【桂花けいか】	[noun] sweet osmanthus [noun] the flowers of the sweet osmanthus [noun] (euphemistic) the moon
【経過けいか】	[noun] passage of time [noun] progression of something over time [noun] progress, advancement to another stage or place [verb] for time to pass [verb] to progress over time [verb] to progress to another stage
【蛍火けいか】	[noun] the light of a firefly
【軽科けいか】	[noun] minor offense
【軽過けいか】	[noun] small mistake [verb] to make a small mistake [verb] to neglect

(This term, けいくわ, is a historical hiragana spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.)