Results, 八方

八方☆【はっぽうhappou】

noun:

  • all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
  • large hanging lantern ➜ 八方行灯

トムTOMUはha八方happouふさがりfusagariのno状態joutaiだda。 Tom is caught between a rock and a hard place.

Kanji definition:

八
常用１年JLPTN5

ハチHACHI・やya・やつya.tsu・やっつya.tsu・ようyou

eight; eight radical (no. 12)

Strokes:
2
Radical:
八ハ eight
SKIP:
1-1-1
UTF:
516b
JIS208:
40-12
Nanori:
なna・はha・はっha・はつhatsu・やちyachi・やつyatsu
Hangul:
팔 [pal]
Pinyin:
bā / bá
Stroke order:
Example words:
八【はちhachi】
eight
八月【はちがつhachigatsu】
August
十八【じゅうはちjuuhachi】
18; eighteen
八十【はちじゅうhachijuu】
eighty
三十八度線【さんじゅうはちどせんsanjuuhachidosen】
the Thirty-eighth Parallel
方
常用２年JLPTN4

ホウHOU・かたkata・~かた kata・~がた gata

direction; person; alternative

Strokes:
4
Radical:
方 way, direction
SKIP:
3-3-1
UTF:
65b9
JIS208:
42-93
Nanori:
からkara・なna・なたnata・ふさfusa・まさmasa・みちmichi・もmo・わwa
Hangul:
방 [bang]
Pinyin:
fāng
Stroke order:
Example words:
方向【ほうこうhoukou】
direction; orientation; bearing; way; / course (e.g. of action)
方針【ほうしんhoushin】
policy; plan; course; principle; objective; / magnetic needle
見方【みかたmikata】
viewpoint; point of view; / way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
方法【ほうほうhouhou】
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
地方【ちほうchihou】
district; region; area; locality; / the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area

Partial results:

八方円満【はっぽうえんまんhappouenman】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • to the satisfaction of all parties; all sides being happy and satisfied - four character idiom
八方行灯【はっぽうあんどんhappouandon】

noun:

  • large hanging paper lantern ➜ 八間
八方破れ【はっぽうやぶれhappouyabure】

~の noun / noun:

  • full of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)
八方睨み【はっぽうにらみhappounirami】

noun:

  • staring at or watching all sides
八方手を尽くす【はっぽうてをつくすhappoutewotsukusu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to try all possible means
八方丸く収まる【はっぽうまるくおさまるhappoumarukuosamaru】八方丸くおさまる・八方丸く治まる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to find a solution (after struggle)
八方ふさがり【はっぽうふさがりhappoufusagari】八方塞がり

noun:

  • all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered

必死hisshiでde考えたkangaeta企画kikakuはha却下kyakka、一生懸命isshoukenmei作ったtsukutta本honはha売れないurenai。山下yamashitaさんsanはha八方塞がりhappoufusagariのno状態joutaiにni陥っているochiitteiru。 Yamashita is stuck with no way out. His well-thought-out project was rejected and the books he worked really hard on aren't selling.

八方美人【はっぽうびじんhappoubijin】

noun:

  • everybody's friend; person who is affable to everybody - oft. used derogatively
  • flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

ジムJIMUはha八方美人happoubijinだからdakara、彼kareのno言うiuことkotoはha当てにならないateninaranai。 You cannot rely upon Jim's words since he tries to please everybody.

Kanji

八

ハチHACHI・やya・やつya.tsu・やっつya.tsu・ようyou

eight; eight radical (no. 12)

方

ホウHOU・かたkata・~かた kata・~がた gata

direction; person; alternative


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