JLPT N3 · な-adjective

平和 (heiwa)

平和 (へいわ, heiwa) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “peace; harmony”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: へいわ
Romaji: heiwa
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

peace; harmony · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

ハトは平和のシンボルである。

The dove is a symbol of peace.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 平和

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	平和だ	へいわだ heiwada
Present (polite)	平和です	へいわです heiwadesu
Negative	平和じゃない	へいわじゃない heiwajanai
Past	平和だった	へいわだった heiwadatta
Negative past	平和じゃなかった	へいわじゃなかった heiwajanakatta
Te-form	平和で	へいわで heiwade
Before a noun	平和な	へいわな heiwana
Adverb (~ni)	平和に	へいわに heiwani

Kanji in 平和

平

even, flat, peaceヘイ・ビョウ・たい.ら・たい.らげる · 5 strokes

和

harmony, Japanese style, peaceワ・オ・やわ.らぐ・やわ.らげる · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 平和.

平仮名ひらがなhiragana公平こうへいfair平らたいらflat平等びょうどうequality不平ふへいdiscontent平均へいきんaverage地平線ちへいせんhorizon (related to land)水平すいへいhorizontal平気へいきcool平日へいじつweekday平凡へいぼんordinary平野へいやplain水平線すいへいせんhorizon (related to bodies of water)平常へいじょうnormal

Source: JMdict entry 1508070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.