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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
- —地方交付税tax allocated to local governments
- —地方事務所local office
- —地方検察庁District Public Prosecutor's Office
- —連立方程式simultaneous equations; system of equations
- —化学方程式chemical equation
- —高次方程式higher-degree equation; equation of higher degree; higher equation
- —全方位外交(Japanese) omnidirectional foreign policy
- —代数方程式algebraic equation
- —快方に赴くto improve; to get better; to convalesce
- —方向を指すto point to a direction
- —地方行財政local economy; local financial affairs
- —関数方程式functional equation
- —積分方程式integral equation
- —双方向番組interactive program; interactive programme
- —能率給方式merit system
- —東方正教会Eastern Orthodox Church
- —地方自治法Local Autonomy Act
- —指数化方式indexation
- —ラテン方陣Latin square
- —方位測定器direction finder
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