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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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ホウ
Kun readings
かた-かた-がた
Words with 方
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —文字立ち上がり方向character up vector
- —立方センチメートルcubic centimeter; cubic centimetre
- —平方剰余の相互法則law of quadratic reciprocity
- —平方センチメートルsquare centimeter; square centimetre
- —あさっての方を向くto face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
- —欧州地方自治体会議Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
- —国際地方自治体連合International Union of Local Authorities
- —地方更生保護委員会Regional Parole Board
- —富山地方鉄道立山線Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line
- —ダイバーシティー方式diversity receiving system
- —沖縄北方対策担当大臣State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
- —マクスウェルの方程式Maxwell's equations
- —索引順次アクセス方式Indexed Sequential Access Method; ISAM
- —時間分割多元接続方式TDMA; time division multiple access
- —単純マトリックス方式passive matrix LCD
- —東北地方太平洋沖地震Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
- —ヤードスティック方式yardstick regulation (price regulation scheme)
- —ウルグアイ東方共和国Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- —あさっての方向を向くto face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
- —適格請求書等保存方式qualified invoice retention system; qualified invoice storage method
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