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方 kanji
direction, person, alternative
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ホウ
Kun readings
かた-かた-がた
Words with 方
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —地方団体local public body
- —看板方式just-in-time inventory management; JIT
- —経営方針management policies
- —後方支援logistical support; combat service support
- —地方税法Local Tax Act
- —方がマシI would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
- —地方場所provincial tournament, held outside Tokyo
- —西方浄土Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)
- —下方修正downward adjustment; downward revision
- —上方修正upward adjustment; upward revision
- —当方負担(at) our expense; (on) our risk
- —調査方法examination method; method of investigation; search procedure
- —労使双方both labor and management; both the workers and the employers
- —嘘も方便the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie
- —赤方偏移red shift; redshift
- —地方都市provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
- —八方円満to the satisfaction of all parties; all sides being happy and satisfied
- —四方反鉋wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
- —密集方陣phalanx
- —南方仏教Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)
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