expression / godan ~く verb:

• to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end ➜ 片付く

noun:

• square wave

noun:

• directional button; button with arrow(s) (on keypad, game controller, etc.)

noun:

• system of equations - Mathematics term

noun:

• square drill
• regular pyramid - abbreviation ➜ 方錐形【ほうすいけい】

expression:

• had better; is advisable ➜ 方がよい

noun:

• cursor key - IT term

expression:

• if you need; if it is necessary

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• present time; now; nowadays

noun:

• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) - archaism ➜ 陰陽道・天一神・方違え

noun:

• trend; course of action; direction
• directionality; directivity; orientation - IT term

~の noun:

• directional; vectorial - IT term

noun:

• goal; aim - Business term

noun:

• sense of direction

noun:

• kanji "direction" radical at left (radical 70)

noun:

• squares and circles; square and round shapes

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり・方違へ所

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to derive a formula - IT term

noun:

• obelisk - obscure term ➜ オベリスク

noun:

• God of directions (generic terms referring to many different Gods)

suffix:

• Sirs; Mesdames - pluralizing suffix - honorific language
• around (the time that, etc.); about - also かた

noun:

• compass

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり

noun:

• direction indicator; traffic indicator; turn signal

noun:

• methodic doubt

noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• policy decision