Info on the Kanji 方 | What's a Kanji? |
| direction, person, alternative | |
| onyomi | HOU |
| kunyomi | kata |
| stroke count | 4 |
| grade | 2 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 方 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 方ほう hou | suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. |
| お方おほう o hou | this lady or gentleman |
| 医方いほう i hou | healing method |
| 一方いっぽう ippou | one / the other / one way / the other way / one direction / the other direction / one side / the other side / one party / the other party / on the one hand / on the other hand / whereas / although / but at the same time / meanwhile / in turn / just keeps / being inclined to . |
| 右方うほう uhou | right side / style of japanese court music |
| 下方かほう kahou | lower region / lower part |
| 何方どっち docchi | which way / which direction / where / which one / who |
| 開方かいほう kai hou | extraction of roots |
| 外方そとほう soto hou | look the other way |
| 漢方かんぽう kanpou | traditional chinese medicine |
| 京方きょうほう kyou hou | the direction of kyoto / kansai area / citizens of kyoto / nobles |
| 空方そらほう sora hou | arching backward / looking up |
| 兄方あにほう ani hou | favourable direction / favorable direction / lucky direction |
| 見方みかた mikata | viewpoint / point of view / way of understanding / way of appreciating / how to look at something |
| 元方もとほう moto hou | capitalist / wholesaler |
| 言方げんほう gen hou | way of talking / speaking style |
| 古方こほう ko hou | old method |
| 後方こうほう kouhou | behind / in the rear / in back |
| 公方くぼう kubou | public affairs / the court / the shogun / the shogunate |
| 行方なめがた namegata | whereabouts / course / direction |
| 今方いまほう ima hou | a moment ago |
| 左方さほう sahou | left side |
| 三方みかた mikata | day laborer / day labourer |
| 仕方しかた shikata | way / method / means / resource / course |
| 四方しほう shihou | every direction / east, west, south and north / four directions |
| 借方かりかた karikata | debtor / debit / way of borrowing |
| 十方じゅうほう juu hou | the ten directions / all directions / everywhere |
| 出方でかた dekata | attitude / move / theater usher / theatre usher |
| 女方おんなほう onna hou | male actor in female kabuki roles |
| 上方じょうほう jouhou | kyoto and vicinity / kyoto-osaka region / kansai region |
| 親方おやかた oyakata | master / boss / chief / foreman / supervisor / stable master / craftsman / artisan / foster parent |
| 正方せいほう seihou | square |
| 西方せいほう seihou | western direction / western pure land |
| 先方せんぽう senpou | companion / other party / he / she / they / destination / person in front |
| 前方ぜんぽう zenpou | forward / frontward / rectangular front |
| 貸方かしかた kashikata | creditor / method of lending / credit side |
| 大方おおかた ookata | perhaps / almost all / majority |
| 地方ちほう chihou | area / locality / district / region / province / countryside / rural area / coast / person singing ballads in noh / person in charge of music in a japanese dance performance |
| 朝方あさがた asagata | early morning / early hours / toward morning |
| 町方まちほう machi hou | town |
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| Example Sentences with 方 |
| 私はいつも不思議な性格の方が好きだった。 眠った方がいいよ。 私はなぜか夜の方が元気だ。 何か他の言い方はある？ |
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