Kanji西
Readingせい
Frequency31%
Used in (203 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 comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
Spain
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
Western person; Westerner
western mountains; mountains to the west; Nishiyama (western area of Kyoto)
western regions of China
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
western expedition; military campaign to the west
northwestern part; the northwest
Western (film genre)
going west; heading westward
west coast; west bank
southwestern part; the southwest
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara)
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
Western food; Western cooking; Western cuisine
Western Front (of WWI)
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
Western Zhou dynasty (of China; ca. 1046-771 BCE); Western Chou dynasty
proceeding west
westward trip; trip to the West
Western Church; Western Christianity
Western-style; Western-fashioned
Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
westernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
middle west; Midwest (United States)
south-southwest; south-south-west
... and westward; in and to the west of ...
Western painting
western expedition; military campaign to the west
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
west wall; west face (of a mountain)
history of the Western world
westernmost
west longitude
westerlies; prevailing westerlies
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
westernization; westernisation
western Kyoto
Spanish-American War (1898)
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Shanxi Province (China)
high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east
western foot (of a mountain)
Spanish-Japanese
Seibu Lions (Japanese pro baseball team)
Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
Shaanxi Province (China)
A History of Western Philosophy
Japanese-Spanish (e.g. dictionary)
Western cultivar; Western variety; Western breed
Christian era
Jiangxi Province (China)
Western Jin dynasty (of China; 265-317 CE); Western Chin dynasty
Western religion; Christianity
westernization; westernisation
Western Xia (1038-1227); Western Hsia; Tangut Empire; Mi-nyak
leek (Allium porrum); chive (Allium schoenoprasum)
West Germany (1949-1990)
southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
Southwest school (of neo-Kantianism)
western limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal)
Western language
Xirong; Rong; inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE); (lit.) barbarians to the west
Western playing cards
western lands (China, India, etc.); the West
Western Han dynasty (of China; 206 BCE-9 CE); Former Han dynasty
horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
Japan and Spain; Japanese-Spanish
Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek; December 1936)
famous Western painting; masterpiece of Western painting
Northwest Passage (sea route along the north coast of Canada)
western edge; west margin
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1929 book; 1930, 1979, and 2022 film adaptations)
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); common pear
Western classical studies; classics
Seizan sect (of Pure Land Buddhism)
Spanish (language)
Tangut (language)
Xining (China)
distinguished Western philosopher; great Western thinker; Western philosophy
Seibu; Seibu (conglomerate: stores, railway, etc.); Saitama Seibu Lions (abbr)
Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; Saiyūki (2006 TV series)
going to Spain
toilet in a Zen temple
Guangxi University; GXU
Spanish-Japanese (dictionary, translation, etc.)
Bunri University of Hospitality
Southwest Jiaotong University; SWJTU
area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line
area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; SWUFE
Xian University of Architecture & Technology; XAUAT
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China)
settlement of the American frontier; settlement of the Old West
Japanese-Spanish dictionary
Westward movement (westward expansion of United States territory)
flowing west (e.g. of a river)
Southwest German school (of Neo-Kantianism)
Xi'an (China)
Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE)
Seiyū; Seiyu corporation
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
common madder (Rubia tinctorum)
Western Wei dynasty (of China; 535-557)
Western saying; Western proverb
Xi Ou (a branch of the Baiyue that inhabited present-day Guangxi)
checkers (board game); draughts
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius); Western carrot cultivars
silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
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)
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus); northern 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
Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire; 1132-1211)
apple (Malus domestica)
common plum (Prunus domestica); European plum
Eurasian hazel (Corylus avellana)
common ash (Fraxinus excelsior); European ash
Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense); Johnsongrass; Egyptian millet
Seiyo City (Ehime)