noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
reconciliation; settlement; compromise
General term for resolving a dispute or conflict and restoring friendly relations; used in personal, business, and diplomatic contexts.
長年の争いの末、両国は和解に達した。
After years of conflict, the two countries reached a reconciliation.
彼と和解するために、まずは話し合いの場を設けた。
To reconcile with him, I first set up a meeting to talk.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
court-mediated settlement; judicial compromise
Only with reading わかい
Legal term for a settlement reached through court mediation or conciliation; reading is わかい.
裁判所の和解手続きで、双方が合意した。
Both parties agreed through the court's settlement proceedings.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
translation into Japanese (archaic)
Archaic meaning; historically used for rendering foreign texts into Japanese, now obsolete.
古い文献では、和解が翻訳の意味で使われることがある。
In old documents, 和解 is sometimes used to mean translation.