Kanji左
Readingひだり
Frequency49%
Used in (78 in total)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
left side; left-hand side
left foot; left leg
left shoulder
left breast; left side of the chest
right and left
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
left end; left edge
to turn left; to turn to the left
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
left half of the body
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
to turn to the left
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); downturn; recession; front left; front and left
counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
rear left; back left; left and behind
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
on the left as one faces (it)
to the left (in location); left of center (politically); left-leaning; tending to the left
mirrored version of the kanji character "uma" (usu. depicted on a shogi piece; considered auspicious)
left-hand corner; lower left
left hand drive (of cars, etc.)
(living with) ease and comfort; easy street; life without financial worries
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise; eccentric; abnormal
hitting left-handed (with a racket, bat, etc.); hitting to left (field)
(Fleming's) left-hand rule
to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically)
driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving
left skirt of a kimono; geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono)
left-handed batter
lower left (corner)
left-handed batter
left-handed pitching
same as on the left; as stated before (in horizontal writing)
drinker; person who is fond of alcohol; left-wing party
always contradicting what other people say; always taking the opposite stance
upper left (corner)
left-handed pitcher
writing from left to right (esp. horizontally)
in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail
hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
left-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)
left shift (bitwise, arithmetic)
left-handedness; left-handed person; lefty
left justification; aligning to the left
left puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the left arm
opening (square) bracket
left-handed coordinate system
the reason(s) is (are) as follows
writing horizontally from left to right
left alignment; left justification
sinistral fault; left-lateral fault
the reason(s) is (are) as follows
left-side mouse button
left-facing swastika; counterclockwise swastika
left swipe (on a touchscreen); swiping left
left alignment; left justification
garden snail (Euhadra quaesita)
to become a geisha; to work as a geisha