Results, direction
- 方☆【かた】
noun:
- direction; way - also ほう
- person; lady; gentleman - honorific language
noun / suffix noun:
- method of; manner of; way of
suffix noun:
- care of ...
- person in charge of ... - also がた
- side (e.g. "on my mother's side") - also がた
審判の方をちらりと睨むが、審判は涼しい顔して鼻クソをほじっていやがった。「ちくしょう、八百長かよ・・・」 I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"
グリーン夫人は、私の子供たちが歌を習っている方ですが、今度の日曜に独唱会を開く予定です。 Mrs. Green, from whom my children have lessons in singing, is to have a recital next Sunday.
- 方★【ほう】
noun:
- direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
- side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
- type; category
- field (of study, etc.)
- indicates one side of a comparison
- way; method; manner; means
- length (of each side of a square)
審判の方をちらりと睨むが、審判は涼しい顔して鼻クソをほじっていやがった。「ちくしょう、八百長かよ・・・」 I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"
グリーン夫人は、私の子供たちが歌を習っている方ですが、今度の日曜に独唱会を開く予定です。 Mrs. Green, from whom my children have lessons in singing, is to have a recital next Sunday.
- 方面★【ほうめん】
noun / suffix noun:
- direction; district; area
noun:
- field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter; aspect; angle
台風は発達しながら九州方面に向かっています。 The typhoon is gaining strength as it heads for Kyushu.
最近医学の方面でどんどんめざましい進歩がみられる。 Rapid and remarkable advances have been made in medicine.
- 方角☆【ほうがく】
noun:
- direction; way
- point of the compass; cardinal direction; bearing ➜ 方位
- method; means; approach
その物体は光を放ちながら南の方角へ飛んで行った。 The object flew away to the south, giving out flashes of light.
- 向き★【むき】
noun / suffix noun:
- direction; orientation; aspect; exposure
suffix noun:
- suited to; suitable for; designed for
noun:
- tendency; inclination
- nature (of a request or desire)
- person
これは若者向きの車です。 This is a car for young people.
光源、つまり光の向きだな、それと陰影とかにも気をつけて、できるだけ正確に手元にあるクロッキー帳に書き取っていくだけ。 Light source, that is what direction the light is facing, also take care with shadowing. Just copy down into the sketch book you have at hand as accurately as possible.
- 訓示☆【くんじ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- instruction; direction; briefing
機長は気象訓示を受ける為に気象室へ行く。 The captain will go to the meteorological office to get a weather briefing.
- 指導★【しどう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching
noun:
- shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo) - Martial Arts term
彼女はその党の指導的任務につくことを承認した。 She has consented to take the leadership of the party.
- 監督★【かんとく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- supervision; control; superintendence; direction
noun:
- director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss
代表取締役は取締役の職務の執行を監督するものだ。 The Representative Director supervises Directors' performance of duties.
監督はチームをトーナメント優勝に今一歩という所までもっていったのに悔しいことだった。 It was annoying, as the manager took his team to a near-miss in the tournament.
- 方向性【ほうこうせい】方向姓irr.
noun:
- trend; course of action; direction
- directionality; directivity; orientation - IT term
~の noun:
- directional; vectorial - IT term
noun:
- goal; aim - Business term
研究者が癌を治療するための有望な方向性を指し示した。 The researcher suggested promising directions for treating the cancer.
- 見当☆【けんとう】
noun:
- estimate; guess; conjecture; aim
- direction; bearings
- registration mark (printing)
suffix noun:
- approximately; about; around
それがどこにあるのか、およその見当はついている。 I have a rough idea where it is.
「洞穴の中で何が起こっているんだろう?すごく知りたいなあ」 「見当もつかないよ」 "What's happening in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."
- 支配★【しはい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- domination; rule; control
- direction; management; guidance
- control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate); governing; influence; holding sway over
- 手★【て】
noun:
- hand; arm - occ. pronounced た when a prefix ➜ お手【おて】
- forepaw; foreleg - colloquialism ➜ お手【おて】
- handle
- hand; worker; help
- trouble; care; effort
- means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
- hand; handwriting
- kind; type; sort
- one's hands; one's possession ➜ 手に入る
- ability to cope ➜ 手に余る
- hand (of cards)
- direction ➜ 山の手
noun / suffix noun / counter:
- move (in go, shogi, etc.)
こちらに来るように手で合図した。 I made motions at him to come here with my hand.
ここに手のないナベがある。 Here is a pan without handles.
いい手を思いついた。 I hit upon a good idea.
- 赴く☆【おもむく・おもぶく】趣く・趨く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to
- to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.)
- to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey - archaism
決心がつきかねたので、私は感情のおもむくままに行動した。 I couldn't decide what to do, so I just followed my heart.
- 東方☆【とうほう・ひがしかた・ひがしがた】
noun / ~の noun:
- eastern direction
- the Orient
noun:
- eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling) [ひがしかた・ひがしがた] - Martial Arts term
- 西方☆【せいほう・さいほう・にしがた】
noun:
- western direction
- Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise) [さいほう] - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 西方浄土
- western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo) [にしがた] - Martial Arts term
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