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緩和 (かんわ) — relief | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

緩和

かんわ

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1relief
2mitigation
3alleviation

Example sentence

需給関係が緩和している。

The supply-demand balance is relaxing.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

緩Slacken, Loosen, Relax15 strokes 和Harmony, Japanese Style, Peace8 strokes

More words with 緩

緩いゆるい · looseN2 緩やかゆるやか · lenientN1 緩急かんきゅう · high and low speed 緩めるゆるめる · to loosenN1 緩むゆるむ · to become looseN1

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More words with 和

和文わぶん · Japanese textN1 飽和ほうわ · saturationN1 漢和かんわ · Chinese Character-Japanese (e.g., dictionary)N2 和英わえい · Japanese-EnglishN2 和～わ～ · Japanese styleN2 和服わふく · Japanese clothesN2 平和へいわ · peaceN3 共和きょうわ · republicanismN1

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