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Direction Speaker Close Distant Side Person Esp E.G

Kanji
Onyomi ホウ
Kunyomi かた、-かた、-がた
Nanori から, な, なた, ふさ, まさ, みち, も, わ
English direction, person, alternative
Examples 一方(いっぽう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the one hand; on the other hand (3) whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn (4) (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only
見方(みかた): (1) viewpoint; point of view (2) way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
地方(ちほう): (1) area; locality; district; region; province (2) countryside; rural area (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water) (4) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance
方向(ほうこう): (1) direction; orientation; bearing; way (2) course (e.g. of action)
方針(ほうしん): objective; plan; policy
方法(ほうほう): method; process; manner; way; means; technique
行方(ゆくえ): (1) (one's) whereabouts (2) course; direction
仕方(しかた): way; method; means; resource; course
方面(ほうめん): (1) direction; district; area (2) field (e.g. of study)
夕方(ゆうがた): evening; dusk
両方(りょうほう): both sides; both parties
方々(かたがた): (1) they (of people); gentlemen (of the ...) (2) you (usu. plural) (3) various
味方(みかた): friend; ally; supporter
他方(たほう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the other hand
大方(おおかた): perhaps; almost all; majority
方(ほう): (1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) (2) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (3) type; category (4) field (of study, etc.) (5) indicates one side of a comparison (6) way; method; manner; means (7) length (of each side of a square)
方言(ほうげん): dialect
明け方(あけがた): dawn
彼方此方(あちらこちら): (1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
方式(ほうしき): form; method; system; formula
方策(ほうさく): plan; policy
彼方(あちら): (1) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder (2) that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that (3) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) (4) there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong
方程式(ほうていしき): equation; formula
遠方(えんぽう): long way; distant place
方角(ほうがく): direction; way; compass point
彼方(かなた): beyond; across; the other side; the distance
正方形(せいほうけい): square
平方(へいほう): square (e.g. metre); square
此方(こちら): (1) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction (2) here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) (3) this one (something physically close to the speaker) (4) I; me; we; us (5) this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)
其方(そちら): (1) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (2) there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (3) that one (something close to the listener) (4) you; your family (5) that person (someone close to the listener)
何方(どちら): (1) which way; which direction; where (2) which one (esp. of two alternatives) (3) who
仕方がない(しかたがない): it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed
何方(どなた): who?
貴方(あなた): (1) you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) (2) dear (what a wife calls a husband)
方(かた): (1) direction; way (2) person; lady; gentleman (3) method of; manner of; way of (4) care of .. (5) person in charge of .. (6) side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
目方(めかた): weight
方々(ほうぼう): here and there; this way and that way
立方(たちかた): dancing (geisha)
外方(そっぽ): look (or turn) the other way
立方(りっぽう): cube
泳ぎ方(およぎかた): way of swimming
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 46
Components 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8)
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 70
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword direction
Koohii Story 1 Note: The primitives are top hat and bound up. Compare ten thousand (#64). Story: A rich man wearing a top hat and bound up from head to toe hobbles up to you and asks for directions to the nearest police station because he just escaped from his kidnappers.
Koohii Story 2 I always keep my directions bound to the bottom of my top hat so I won´t lose them.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade2, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_directions, kanji_people_role.status

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