平和活動(へいわかつどう)

へいわかつどう
noun
peace activities; peace efforts
1. peace activities; peace efforts; peacemaking
Organized activities aimed at promoting, maintaining, or restoring peace, including diplomacy, education, demonstrations, and humanitarian work.
国連(こくれん)の平和活動(へいわかつどう)に参加(さんか)する。
To participate in United Nations peace activities.
学校(がっこう)で平和活動(へいわかつどう)の一環(いっかん)として折(お)り鶴(づる)を作(つく)った。
We made paper cranes at school as part of peace activities.
広島(ひろしま)と長崎(ながさき)は被爆(ひばく)の経験(けいけん)を伝(つた)える平和活動(へいわかつどう)を長年(ながねん)続(つづ)けている。
Hiroshima and Nagasaki have continued peace activities for many years to share the experience of the atomic bombings.

A compound of 平和(へいわ) (peace) and 活動(かつどう) (activities). Peace activities hold special significance in Japan due to its postwar pacifist constitution and the experiences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Schools, civic groups, and local governments regularly organize peace-related events.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 平和活動(へいわかつどう)に取(と)り組(く)む: to engage in peace activities
  • 平和活動(へいわかつどう)を推進(すいしん)する: to promote peace efforts
  • 平和活動(へいわかつどう)家(か): peace activist
  • 国際(こくさい)平和活動(へいわかつどう): international peace activities

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 平和運動(へいわうんどう): peace movement — implies a more organized, political campaign
  • PKO (平和維持活動(へいわいじかつどう)): peacekeeping operations — specifically military or UN-led missions
  • 反戦(はんせん)活動(かつどう): anti-war activities — focused specifically on opposing war rather than promoting peace broadly
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