N31015/1669

方ほう

nounnoun (generic)

Reading

ほう

Meanings

  • direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction)
  • side (of an argument, etc.), one's part
  • type, category
  • field (of study, etc.)
  • indicates one side of a comparison
  • way, method, manner, means
  • length (of each side of a square)

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Example sentences

電車でんしゃより車くるまの方ほうが便利べんりだと思おもいます。

I think cars are more convenient than trains.

北きたの方ほうに大おおきな山やまが見みえる。

I can see a big mountain to the north.

早はやく寝ねた方ほうがいいですよ。

You'd better go to sleep early.

彼女かのじょの方ほうが私わたしより料理りょうりが上手じょうずだ。

She is better at cooking than I am.

この仕事しごとのやり方かたを教おしえていただけますか。

Could you please teach me how to do this work?

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かたN5

Related words

床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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