direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
had better ...; had better not ...
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
both; both sides; both parties
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
form; method; system; formula
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
direction of travel; direction of movement
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
the opposite direction; the other way
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
lower region; lower part; region below
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
prescription (of medicine); formula
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
logistical support; combat service support
way of solving (a problem); solution
bearing; heading; point of the compass
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
square formation (of troops); magic square
sense of orientation; sense of direction
less prominent one of a pair; less famous member (esp. of a comedy duo or group); (the one who is) not ...; the non-... one (of a pair)
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
upper part; upper region; region above
right side; style of Japanese court music
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid; rectangular prism
how to use (something); usage instructions; directions (for usage); use; usage
district court; local court
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
treatment strategy; method of treatment; therapeutic approach
method; means; technique; mystic arts (of a Taoist hermit or immortal); supernatural techniques; magic
two-way; bidirectional; interactive
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest; Mount Fangzhang (said to be inhabited by immortals); Mount Fanghu
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
many-sided; multifarious; versatility
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
square metre; square meter
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
production system; production method; manufacturing system
how to use; method for using; way of using
longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation
this; this one; this way; (arch.) I; (arch.) we
upward adjustment; upward revision
five directions (center, north, south, east, and west)
applications; uses; how to operate; operation procedures
research methods; method of study (research)
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
Western Church; Western Christianity
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun for good luck
local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
local newspaper; regional newspaper
the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie
Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
downward adjustment; downward revision
rear-service duty; duty away from the front lines; logistics and support duty (behind the combat zone)
favourable direction; favorable direction; lucky direction
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
square kilometer; square kilometre
local (governmental) autonomy
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
broad policy; overriding principle
regional tournament; local competition
storage method (e.g. for food); storage instructions
local government employee; local civil servant
guidelines; guiding principle; dictates
regular square mesh pattern; square lattice; grid
this side; in the forefront
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
local public body; local government
graph paper; section paper
a square sun (i.e. approx 9sq. cm.); one's mind; space occupied by one's heart
simultaneous equations; system of equations
directing; orienting; orientating; guiding; aligning
two directions; both directions; two-way; bidirectional
squares and circles; square and round shapes
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
marketing system; sales method; sales plan
examination method; method of investigation; search procedure
local color; local colour
Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)
feces; excrement; number two
two-way communication; bidirectional communication
present time; now; nowadays
San'in region; region of western Honshu incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures
local assemblyperson; local assembly member; local legislator
Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)
to direct; to guide; to orient; to orientate; to align
geographical name; local name
Arctic region; the Arctic; north polar region
decentralization of power; decentralisation of power
selection process; judging system
direction indicator; heading indicator; compass (esp. non-magnetic)
District Public Prosecutor's Office
person from the provinces; person living outside major metropolitan areas
endemic disease; local disease; Japanese schistosomiasis; oriental schistosomiasis; schistosomiasis japonica
Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)
Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)
upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching); convenience; suitability; availability
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
not having a plan; aimlessness; having no definite plan
bidirectionality; interactivity
method of ordering; procedures for ordering
just-in-time inventory management; JIT
partial differential equation
direction indicator; traffic indicator; turn signal
directional button (on a controller); d-pad button
countryside revitalisation (revitalization)
municipal bond; local bond
test procedure; testing methodology
yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)
(political) policy position; line of policy; party line
plan; device; scheme; thoughts or suggestions about a law
New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction
prescription; formula (for the preparation of a medicine); recipe
secret method; secret recipe; (prescription for a) secret medicine
transmission method; communication system
tax allocated to local governments
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
large area; (lit.) four ri square (approx. 16 sq km); Edo
if you need; if it is necessary
omnidirectional; all-directional; all-encompassing
to improve; to get better; to convalesce
square centimeter; square centimetre
local election; regional elections
tate-shiho-gatame (judo); vertical four-quarter hold
(Japanese) omnidirectional foreign policy
convoy system; Japanese economic policy of preventing weaker financial institutions from failing
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
longer direction; longitudinal direction
nationwide local elections
national rural police (1947-1954)
San'yō region; region of western Honshu incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
prescription drug; prescription medication
wives and tatami mats are best when new
mainland dialects (of Japanese, as opposed to the Ryukyu languages)
sociolect; social dialect
burial mound with square flat base and round top
square millimeter; square millimetre
traditional Japanese medicine
God of directions (generic terms referring to many different Gods)
wise and virtuous; good and able men
higher-degree equation; equation of higher degree; higher equation
dialect continuum; dialect chain
Okinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
input method; input system
direction finding; direction detection
D'Hondt method (apportionment method for allocating seats in parliament)
square-shaped collar (of some traditional Japanese clothing)
(at) our expense; (on) our risk
linear differential equation
cikitsavidya (the ancient Indian study of medicine)
municipally operated horse racing
Local Government Finance Act
three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing gambling laws
hypercomplex equation; plural equation
new dialect; new regional dialect
dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region
center versus periphery theory
eastward expansion; eastward enlargement
provincial tournament, held outside Tokyo
hypogamy; marriage into a lower social or financial class
regional administrator; local government official
ordinary differential equation
geographic race; geographic variety; geographic subspecies
local administrative organ; local government
local economy; local financial affairs
square drill; regular pyramid
backward compatible; downward compatible
backward compatibility; downward compatibility
special local public entity
Antarctic region; the Antarctic; south polar region
rhombus; rhomb; diamond (shape)
priority production system
Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on pre-Jin and Yuan teachings
production committee system (joint financing for a work, e.g. anime, film, game)
orthorhombic crystal system
how to keep fit; how to stay healthy; health management method
document containing instructions; prescription
pyramidal roof; polygonal roof
extraction of roots; evolution
nayashi dialect (spoken in Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures)
number of dialectal versions of a word
right-hand match; ends-with match; backward match; matching a sub-string with the end of a field
country-bred; raised in the country
seven disguises of the ninja
Hachijō dialects; Hachijō language
dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture
Hichiku dialect (western Kyushu)
hypergamy; marriage into a higher social or financial class
Bonin English; Ogasawara English
nationwide local elections
hindmost; outermost; farthest back
Eastern Catholic Churches; Uniate Churches; Eastern-rite Catholic Churches
Japan Association for the Study of Local Government
Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings
automatic direction finder; ADF
methodological individualism
gradualist approach; build-up approach; buildup approach
TDMA; time division multiple access
system of preparing school meals on-site
local newspaper; regional newspaper
International Union of Local Authorities
National Association for the Study of Educational Methods; NASEM
Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association; NUMLGRA
fractional anisotropy; FA
character writing direction
plan; strategy; method; measure
Regional Banks Association of Japan
area army (of the Imperial Japanese Army); field army
destination sign (e.g. on a train); destination indicator; rollsign
Japanese-Brazilian implementation of ISDB (digital television and radio standard)
perpendicular direction; lengthwise direction
diversity receiving system
menu-driven; system for customizing aspects of a new home whereby the buyer can pick from a set of options provided by the developer
yardstick regulation (price regulation scheme)
Muroran Local Meteorological Observatory
error handling mechanism; error-handling mechanism
Kushiro Local Meteorological Observatory
Second Association of Regional Banks
regional pattern of (traditional Japanese) playing cards (such as hanafuda); local playing cards
stochastic differential equation
brace (in construction); angle brace
local government code; standard area code
kanji "direction" radical at left (radical 70)
Telecommunication Access Method
unfair business practice; unfair business practices
way of dealing (with a problem, etc.); workaround
frame synchronous communication
An Account of My Hut (1212 collection of essays in the Buddhist eremitic tradition, by Kamo no Chome); The Ten Foot Square Hut
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
nonlinear differential equation
equation with two unknowns
National Association of Racing
District Legal Affairs Bureau
longitudinal parity check
forward voltage drop (e.g. in a semiconductor)
interactive program; interactive programme
Regional Civil Aviation Bureau
drug included in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia
regional wholesale market; local wholesale market
both labor and management; both the workers and the employers
forward voltage (e.g. of a semiconductor)
Mutual Aid Association of Prefectural Government Personnel
old Japanese court music from the Nara period
District Transport Bureau
orthorhombic crystal system
Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line
multiple access method; channel access method
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
tetragonal crystal system
quadratus lumborum muscle
azimuthal equidistant projection
Local Public Enterprise Act
US Pharmacopeial Convention
Indexed Sequential Access Method; ISAM
Miyawaki method (afforestation technique)
Indexed Sequential Access Method; ISAM
installment plan; instalment plan
Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Management and Structural Reform (periodically released by the Japanese government); (lit.) Big-Boned Policy
medieval German eastward expansion; Ostsiedlung
abstract testing methodology
conventional cryptosystem
differential Manchester encoding
being a (total) mismatch; not fitting together; being ill-suited; poor fit; (lit.) square base, round lid
LRC; Longitudinal Redundancy Check
law of quadratic reciprocity
round peg in a square hole
qualified invoice retention system; qualified invoice storage method
sorcerer (in ancient China); (hermit) wizard
regional administrator; local government official
magical art (esp. related to medicine)