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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
- —漢方薬PopularChinese herbal medicine
- —処方箋Popularprescription
- —方法論Popularmethodology
- —地方税Popularlocal tax; council tax
- —一方通行Popularone-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
- —方向音痴Popular(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
- —地方分権Populardecentralization of power; decentralisation of power
- —地方行政Popularlocal administration
- —地方自治Popularlocal (governmental) autonomy
- —地方議会Popularlocal assembly
- —解決方法Popularway of solving (a problem); solution
- —方がいいPopularhad better ...; had better not ...
- —利用方法Popularhow to use; method for using; way of using
- —決済方法Popularpayment method
- —地方公務員Popularlocal government employee; local civil servant
- —地方自治体Popularlocal authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
- —支払い方法Popularpayment method
- —平方メートルPopularsquare metre; square meter
- —立方メートルPopularcubic meter
- —地方公共団体Popularlocal public body; local government
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