和解|わかいwakai[0]heiban (flat)

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Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbreconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation; compromise; mediation; rapprochement
    The struggle ended in a satisfactory settlement.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, lawcourt-mediated settlement
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtranslation of a foreign language into Japanese
Conjugation
Dictionary form和解する(わかいする)
Polite (masu)和解します(わかいします)
Negative (nai)和解しない(わかいしない)
polite (masen)和解しません(わかいしません)
classical zu / nu和解せず・和解せぬ(わかいせず・わかいせぬ)
Past (ta)和解した(わかいした)
polite (mashita)和解しました(わかいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)和解しなかった(わかいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)和解しませんでした(わかいしませんでした)
Te form和解して(わかいして)
Potential和解できる(わかいできる)
Passive和解される(わかいされる)
Causative和解させる(わかいさせる)
Causative passive和解させられる(わかいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)和解すれば(わかいすれば)
tara和解したら(わかいしたら)
Volitional和解しよう(わかいしよう)
polite (mashou)和解しましょう(わかいしましょう)
Imperative和解しろ(わかいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related宥和ゆうわWrittenWritten/formal prose. Appeasing the other side to avoid conflict, as in 「宥和政策」; stresses concession, while 「和解」 stresses both sides resolving a dispute and making up.
  • Antonym紛争ふんそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A dispute or conflict between parties; the opposite of 「和解」.
  • Antonym対立たいりつNeutralNeutral register. Opposition between two sides that won't yield to each other, as in 「意見の対立」; the opposite of 「和解」.
  • Antonym反目はんもくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Turning on each other in enmity; the opposite of the reconciliation that 「和解」 denotes.

Use 「和解」 when two sides resolve a conflict and make up, or reach a settlement in a lawsuit, as in 「和解が成立する」. Use 「宥和」 for appeasing or conceding to avoid conflict, 「紛争」 for a dispute, and 「対立」 for opposition.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (わかい、古こ:わげ)仲直なかなおりし争あらそいを止とめること。
  2. (わかい)民事みんじ上じょうの紛争ふんそうで、当事者とうじしゃが互たがいに譲歩じょうほし争あらそいを止とめる合意ごういをすること。
  3. (わげ)外国語がいこくごを日本語にほんごで解釈かいしゃくすること。また、その解釈かいしゃく。
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