Japanese Word of the Day
西にし - nishi
west
Definitions
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| 西 |
| 1. n. (from 770) west (one of the four cardinal directions) |
| 2. n. the West |
| 3. n. (from 712) the west wind, wind blowing from the west |
| 4. n. (theater) in kabuki: |
| 5. n. (from 1688) the left side of the stage in the Edo-style |
| 6. n. (from 1688) the right side of the stage in Kyoto and Osaka styles |
| 7. n. (date uncertain) (sumo) lower-ranked wrestlers listed on the left side of a banzuke |
| 8. n. (from 1885) the West; q, later, more specifically the capitalist states of the West (originally western Europe, as opposed to Eastern Bloc countries) |
| 9. n. (mahjong) west wind (mahjong tile) |
| (hyper, ja, 風牌, tr=kazehai, fanpai) |
| 10. n. (mahjong) a 役 with a triplet or quad of west 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) |
Example Sentences
| その学生達は西の海岸の地域の出身者だった。 Those students were the birthplace people of the west seaside area. コロンブスは新しい大陸を探し、更に西へと航海した。 Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent. 駅はホテルの西の方にある。 The station is to the west of the hotel. 金を探し求めて大勢の人々が西にむかった。 Many men went west in search of gold. 多くの家族が辺境で新生活を始めるため西へ行った。 Many families went west to make a new life on the frontier. |
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