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英和 (えいわ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

英えい和わ

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わ

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

English-Japanese

Used attributively for English-to-Japanese resources, such as dictionaries or translation.

この英えい和わ辞じ典てんはとても便べん利りだ。
This English-Japanese dictionary is very useful.

2

noun

English-Japanese dictionary

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 英和辞典; common in catalogues, book titles, and casual reference.

See also: 英和辞典

新あたらしい英えい和わを買かった。
I bought a new English-Japanese dictionary.

Kanji

英England, English, hero
和harmony, Japanese style, peace

Similar words

和わ英えい
和英 means Japanese-English (the opposite direction), as in 和英辞典 (Japanese-English dictionary).
英えい和わ辞じ典てん
英和辞典 is the full, formal term for an English-Japanese dictionary; 英和 is its common abbreviation.

Etymology

Compound of 英 (England/English) and 和 (Japan/Japanese), following the pattern of directional language-pair terms such as 和英 (Japanese-English).