Kanji西
Readingせい
Frequency30%
Used in (169 in total)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
Spain; Spanish (language)
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
western regions of China
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
going west; heading westward
Western (film genre)
west coast; west bank
northwestern part; the northwest
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
southwestern part; the southwest
Western food; Western-style food
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
westward trip; trip to the West
proceeding west
Western Front (of WWI)
western style or fashion
Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
Western Church; Western Christianity
westernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
south-southwest; south-south-west
... and westward; west of
Western painting
middle west; Midwest (United States)
West European countries
Western civilization; Western civilisation
the Occident; the West
Western confectionery
trans-Atlantic; trans-Atlantic crossing
Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
westernmost
west face; west wall
history of the Western world
west longitude
Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)
Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan
(western) paper
western suburb
westerlies; prevailing westerlies
westernization; westernisation
(in the) Kobe area
Spanish-American War (1898)
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Western Zhou dynasty (China, c 1046-771 BCE); Western Chou dynasty
Spanish-Japanese
Japanese-Spanish
high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east
Shanxi Province (China)
the Satsuma Rebellion
Shaanxi Province (China)
Western cultivar; Western variety; Western breed
Christian era
Western religion; Christianity
Jiangxi Province (China)
Western Jin dynasty (of China; 265-317 CE); Western Chin dynasty
westernization; westernisation
Western Xia (1038-1227); Western Hsia; Tangut Empire; Mi-nyak
southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
Southwest school (of neo-Kantian philosophy)
Western language
West Germany (1949-1990)
Western playing cards
Xirong; Rong; inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE); (lit.) barbarians to the west
Western Han dynasty (of China; 206 BCE-9 CE); Former Han dynasty
Japan and Spain; Japanese-Spanish
Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)
western lands (China, India, etc.); the West
Northwest Passage (sea route along the north coast of Canada)
western edge; west margin
horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
westward advance
European pear (Pyrus communis)
Western classical studies; classics
Seizan sect (of Pure Land Buddhism)
Spanish (language)
Tangut (language)
Western philosopher
toilet in a Zen temple
checkers (board game); draughts
Spanish-Japanese (dictionary, translation, etc.)
area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line
area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China)
Japanese-Spanish dictionary
Westward movement (westward expansion of United States territory)
flowing west (e.g. of a river)
Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE
going to Spain
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
worship or admiration of Western cultures
Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE
(European) gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)
buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima)
memorial rite involving the western sanctum
leek (edible plant, Allium porrum); chive (edible plant, Allium schoenoprasum)
Western Wei dynasty (of China; 535-557)
Western saying; Western proverb
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius); Western carrot cultivars
silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire, 1132-1211 CE)
common juniper (Juniperus communis)
yarrow (Achillea millefolium); milfoil
medlar (Mespilus germanica); common medlar; Crataegus germanica
Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)
English holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Western honeybee; European honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salmar)
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)
northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus); Atlantic bluefin tuna
North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii)
broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus)
coast mole (Scapanus orarius); Pacific mole
sweet cherry (Prunus avium); mazzard
lemon balm (Melissa officinalis); sweet balm
Western hydrangea; Hydrangea macrophylla
common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); blue whortleberry; European blueberry; bilberry; whortleberry; blueberry
horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum); conker tree
peppermint (Mentha x piperita)
primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens)
rapeseed (Brassica napus); rapa; colza
rowan (Sorbus aucuparia); mountain-ash
common plum (Prunus domestica); European plum
apple (Malus domestica)
Eurasian hazel (Corylus avellana)
Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense); Johnsongrass; Egyptian millet
Seiyo City (Ehime)
Chikusei City (Ibaraki)