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View 方 kanji details →Results for “方”
direction, way; person, lady, gentleman; method of, manner of, way of
direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction); side (of an argument, etc.), one's part; type, category
Sirs, Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.), about
Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state, situation, appearance, manner
surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
method, process, manner, way, means, technique
direction, orientation, bearing, way; course (e.g. of action)
policy, course, plan (of action), principle; magnetic needle
form, method, system, formula
direction, district, area; field (e.g. of study), sphere, quarter, aspect, angle
people, (all) persons, everyone, ladies and gentlemen; you (usu. plural)
here and there, this way and that way, everywhere, all over
law, rule
direction, way; point of the compass, cardinal direction, bearing; method, means, approach
plan, policy
dialect, provincialism
bearing, heading, point of the compass
had better ...; had better not ...
methodology
(person with) no sense of direction, poor sense of locality
equation, formula; method for solving a problem, set way of achieving a particular result
- 方形ほうけい
square
- 方便たずき
living, livelihood
- 方便ほうべん
means, expedient, instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
- 方丈ほうじょう
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest
- 方途ほうと
way, means
- 方正ほうせい
rectitude
- 方眼ほうがん
regular square mesh pattern, square lattice, grid
- 方略ほうりゃく
plan
- 方違えかたたがえ
setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
- 方今ほうこん
present time, now, nowadays
- 方寸ほうすん
a square sun (i.e. approx 9sq. cm.); one's mind, space occupied by one's heart
- 方円ほうえん
squares and circles, square and round shapes
- 方術ほうじゅつ
means, method, art, magic
- 方陣ほうじん
square formation (of troops); magic square
- 方伯ほうはく
landgrave
- 方案ほうあん
plan, device, scheme, program; thoughts or suggestions about a law
- 方墳ほうふん
flat-topped burial mound
- 方向探知機ほうこうたんちき
direction finder
- 方がよろしいほうがよろしい
had better, is advisable