N2912/1725

方ほう角がく

nounnoun (generic)

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ほうがく

Meanings

direction, way
point of the compass, cardinal direction, bearing
method, means, approach

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Example sentences

地図ちずを見みて方角ほうがくを確認かくにんしてから出発しゅっぱつした。

I confirmed the direction on the map before departing.

太陽たいようの位置いちで方角ほうがくを判断はんだんすることができる。

You can determine the cardinal direction from the position of the sun.

この森もりの中なかでは方角ほうがくがわからなくなってしまった。

I ended up losing my sense of direction inside this forest.

コンパスを使つかえば正確せいかくな方角ほうがくを知しることができるので、登山とざんの際さいには必かならず持参じさんすべきだ。

Since you can know the exact direction using a compass, you should always bring one when mountain climbing.

古来こらいより、日本にほんの建築けんちくでは鬼門きもんとされる方角ほうがくを避さけて建物たてものを配置はいちする習慣しゅうかんがあった。

Since ancient times, there has been a custom in Japanese architecture of arranging buildings to avoid the direction considered to be the 'demon's gate.'

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)