不和|ふわfuwa[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noundiscord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict; feud; bad terms
   ２人ふたりの少年しょうねんは口論こうろんがもとで不和ふわになった。↗

   A quarrel estranged one boy from the other.

• Synonym摩擦まさつNeutralLiterally physical friction; by extension, disputes arising from clashing opinions, as in 「貿易摩擦」.
• Synonym不仲ふなかNeutralNearly synonymous with 「不和」 but more colloquial; typically said of couples or coworkers not getting along.
• Synonym確執かくしつWrittenEach side insists on its own position in long-standing opposition, with a tinge of accumulated resentment; heavier than 「不和」. Written/formal.
• Synonym不協和音ふきょうわおんNeutralLiterally a dissonant sound; metaphor for discordant voices within a group, often seen in news reports.
• Synonym衝突しょうとつNeutralA direct clash of opinions or interests, and also a physical collision; more intense than 「不和」.
• Synonym葛藤かっとうNeutralInner conflict and struggle, or tangled human relations; usually refers to conflict on the psychological level.
• Synonym波風なみかぜNeutralLiterally wind and waves; metaphor for trouble stirring within a family or group, often as 「波風を立てる」.
• Synonym仲違いなかたがいNeutralA falling-out between people who were once close; stresses the process of the relationship breaking down. Often as 「仲違いする」.
• Synonym軋轢あつれきWrittenWritten/formal word for friction and strained relations, typically between organizations or states; 「不和」 covers bad relations more generally.
• Synonym不調和ふちょうわNeutralLack of harmony with one's surroundings; stresses mismatch or incongruity, not specifically relations between people.
• Synonym紛議ふんぎWrittenWritten/formal and rare: a tangled dispute; stresses the argument itself, not that relations are bad.
• Related食い違いくいちがいNeutralDivergence of statements or opinions that don't match; focuses on the content disagreeing, while 「不和」 is about the relationship itself being bad.
• Related行き違いいきちがいNeutralEstrangement born of misunderstanding; also letters or people crossing without meeting. Stresses the misunderstanding rather than bad feeling.
• Related差異さいNeutralRelated word: difference or disparity found by objective comparison; has nothing to do with whether relations are good or bad.
• Related違いちがいNeutralRelated word: a difference or a mistake; the most ordinary term, with no bearing on human relations.
• Related異議いぎNeutralRelated word: an objection, i.e. taking a stance against something, not a sign of bad relations.
• Related相違そういNeutralRelated word: being different from each other; an objective statement of difference, with no emotional coloring.
• Related相克そうこくWrittenWritten/formal: two forces too incompatible to coexist, locked in struggle — between people, powers, or within the mind; also the five-elements cycle.
• Related齟齬そごWrittenWritten/formal: things or opinions failing to mesh so that progress stalls; stresses affairs going wrong, not specifically human relations.
• Related揉め事もめごとNeutralColloquial word for concrete quarrels and disputes; stresses the incident itself rather than the state of the relationship.
• Related不一致ふいっちNeutralObjective description of two things not matching; no interpersonal feeling involved.
• Antonym調和ちょうわNeutralAntonym: harmony — things blending and working well together; the opposite of 「不和」.
• Antonym和睦わぼくWrittenAntonym: stopping the fighting and making up again; the opposite of 「不和」 as a state of bad relations. Written/formal.

「不和」 is the general word for bad relations between people; 「不仲」 is its more colloquial twin, often of couples or coworkers. Use 「仲違い」 for a falling-out, 「軋轢」 or 「摩擦」 for friction between organizations or states, 「揉め事」 for concrete disputes. For mismatches of opinion see 「食い違い」 or 「不一致」; for estrangement from misunderstanding, 「行き違い」; for heavy, long-standing antagonism, 「確執」. 「衝突」 is a sharper clash, 「葛藤」 inner conflict, 「波風」 trouble in a family or group; 「調和」 and 「和睦」 are the opposites.

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