Kanji方
Readingかた
Frequency26%
Used in (188 in total)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
way; method; means; resource; course
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
lady; gentleman; person
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
way of calling (something or someone)
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
way of talking; speaking style
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
way one walks; one's walk
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
care of; c/o
way of eating; how to eat
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
way; method; means; resource; course
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
helplessly; reluctantly
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
method of bringing up; method of raising
way of asking; way of listening; listener
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life
one's future course
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
way to shoot (a gun); way to fire; firing; shooting
ways of sitting
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
format; procedure; way of proceeding
work style; way of working
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
the way (something) ought to be; (present) state (of); how things are
presentation techniques; way of showing something
packhorse driver
root; lower part
viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); way of appreciating (e.g. opera); way of understanding; how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.)
policeman; thieftaker; method of catching criminals
way of tying a knot
Identification, Friend or Foe; IFF
way of standing; dancer (in a Japanese dance performance)
friendly plane
work-style reform; reform of work practices (location, hours, etc.)
manner of swinging; way of swinging; way of dealing with something
one person; ordinary; common
way of living
hair style; way of dressing hair
(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
debtor; debit; way of borrowing
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
sewing method; sewer
unusually; greatly; immensely; exceedingly
one's wife's family; bride's family
cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
creditor; lender; credit side (of the ledger); method of lending
way; method; means; resource; course
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
what action to take; what to do with oneself
buyer; purchaser; method of buying
three people; day laborer (e.g. in construction); day labourer
having no way to relieve (one's grief, mortification, etc.); unable to give vent to (one's anger)
unmistakable; evident; outright; authentic
customer; guest
trace; vestige; evidence
that person; that gentleman; that lady
propman; sceneshifter
musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.); background instruments
way of dealing with someone; attitude
way of affixing something; way of recording something (to a logbook, etc.)
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)
child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh); henchman; follower
theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher)
in fooling the enemy first deceive your allies
accompaniment to a chant; musician accompanying a chant; samisen accompaniment to a recitation; samisen player accompanying a recitation; samisen music played between the sections of a nagauta; samisen interlude
method of teaching
way (of going); route; way (of doing); method
way of taking (a pill); way of drinking
seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling
kyogen performer; low-ranked house playwright (of kabuki)
way of dealing with; way of handling
setting; placement
how to manage (e.g. case); how to handle (e.g. machine); way with (e.g. children, animal)
to settle (a problem)
way of training; method of bringing up children
kitchen manager; chef; cook
way of losing; how one loses; process leading to a defeat; (arch.) losing side; (arch.) defeated party
way of swimming
origami instructions
way of wearing; way one wears a garment
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
wholesaler; manufacturer; capitalist; financier; investor
style of building; construction; recipe; how to grow (something)
way of justification, sorting, etc.
way of life; how to live
which way; which direction; where; who
counting system; way (manner) of counting
manner of solving
way one ages; aging (gracefully, etc.)
coach's name-use license (licence)
the past; bygone days (years, age, etc.); the course (route) one has come by; the direction one came from
the way (to somewhere); how to reach (a place)
talking with gestures
way of holding (a writing brush, chopsticks, etc.); manner of holding; holder; person who holds
lowly IT worker; overworked and underpaid IT professional
cutting; cut
undoubtedly; unmistakably; indisputably; definitely; certainly
attitude; approach; move; theater usher; theatre usher
way to hit (a ball, drum, etc.); way to swing (a club); way to play (shogi, go, etc.)
method of earning; way of earning
way of arranging flowers
additional information used to identify an address (e.g. building name, room number)
end of a period; end of the world
(one's) destination
before; previously; front; ahead; immature; unsophisticated
payment method
Kujikata Osadamegaki; Tokugawa law code of Shogun Yoshimune (introduced in 1742)
move; way to play
way of cooking; a cook
my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master
way of piling (things); stacking pattern; stowage; piling worker
self-employed person (esp. in the construction industry)
way of cutting; how to cut or slice
adoptive parent
extraordinary; special; unusual; immense
since the era of the Emperor Jimmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
way of assembling; way of constructing; way of putting together
people; (all) persons; everyone
interpretation; perception; understanding
separating words with spaces
stagehand; sceneshifter
helplessly; reluctantly; as a last resort
style of clothes; method of tailoring; method of training
coach who owns his own stable
coach associated with another coach's stable
method of chanting
kanji "direction" radical at left (radical 70)
singer in a nagauta performance
prop master; property master
credit memorandum; credit note
it cannot be helped; there is no other way
distant place; faraway land
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)
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)
trying to help one's master but instead ending up hurting him
place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction
unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.