Japanese Word of the Day
南みなみ - minamí
south
Definitions
| Japanese > English |
| 南 |
| 1. n. the south (gloss-lite, cardinal point) |
| 2. n. a southerly, south wind |
| 3. n. the south |
| 4. affix. south, southern |
| 5. affix. (Used in Sanskrit transliterations) |
| 6. n. (mahjong) south wind (mahjong tile) |
| (hyper, ja, 風牌, tr=kazehai, fanpai) |
| 7. n. (mahjong) a 役 with a triplet or quad of south wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2 翻 |
| (hyper, ja, 役牌, tr=yakuhai, yaku-pai) |
| 8. n. (dialect Kagoshima) south (gloss-lite, cardinal point) |
Example Sentences
| あの鳥たちは夏に巣を作り、冬に南へ渡る。 Those birds build their nests in the summer and fly to the south in the winter. この磁場の線が２極で北の磁力と南の磁力の間に走っています。 The lines of this field run between magnetic north and magnetic south at the two poles. この川は南へ流れて海に注ぎこむ。 This river flows south into the sea. その島は日本の南のほうにある。 The island is to the south of Japan. エクアドルのキトは赤道のすぐ南にある。 Quito, Ecuador, is a little south of the equator. |
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