Keyword
left
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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KankenLevel 10
Heisig81
Readings
(43%)
(14%)
Composed of
by one's side
construction
Used in kanji (5 in total)
assistant
lazy
ellipse
name of a Chinese dynasty
Used in vocabulary (173 in total)
left; left hand side
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
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
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
left shoulder
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
left breast; left side of the chest
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
to part left and right; to open out
left end; left edge
evidence; proof; witness
to turn left; to turn to the left
left foot; left leg
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
port (left side of vessel)
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
left half of the body
turning to the left; left turn
left side
right and left
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
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
left wing
plasterer
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
rear left; back left; left and behind
on the left as one faces (it)
left bank (of a river)
left brain
drowned body of a person
left hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)
quite unconcerned; nonchalant
left of center (politically); left-leaning; tending to the left
undermentioned (statement); the following; at left
left-hand corner; lower left
left hand drive (of cars, etc.)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
extreme left; ultraleft
left side (of an equation, expression, etc.); LHS; left side (go, chess, othello board)
ease and comfort
to equivocate; to beat around the bush
left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise; eccentric; abnormal
inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation
ultra-left; ultra-left extremists
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
between left and center fielders (centre)
left-of-center faction (group)
left skirt of a kimono; geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono)
leaning to the left; leftist tendency; becoming radical
left-handed pitching
looking to and fro
the new left (school of thought)
left-handed batter
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
right and left turning (esp. in a motor vehicle)
left side value (of an equation)
left-handed batter
lower left (corner)
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
plan which is shown on the left; left-most plan; map on the left (chart, graph)
left kidney
one's left hand; (lit.) bow hand
hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
left-leaning; left-wing; leftist
same as on the left; (in vertical writing) same as below
chart at the left
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
left end; left edge
drinker; person who is fond of alcohol; left-wing party
always contradicting what other people say
upper left (corner)
cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
left-most
looking right and left or all about; vacillation
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
leftward shift; liberal trend
left fielder; LF
writing from left to right (esp. horizontally)
left-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)
levorotatory; laevorotatory
left puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the left arm
left justification; aligning to the left
Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs) (ritsuryo system)
left shift (bitwise, arithmetic)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
the old left (school of thought)
in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail
left-wing party; party of the left
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise; eccentric; abnormal
always contradicting what other people say
writing from left to right (esp. horizontally)
left justification; aligning to the left
crow; Mr Crow; tanned person; dark-skinned person; (arch.) being penniless
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India)
opening (square) bracket
left-handed baseball pitcher
the reason(s) is (are) as follows
the reason(s) is (are) as follows
left-aligned; left-justified
friendship; allegiance; support
irregular conjugation of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru"
sinistral fault; left-lateral fault
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
left-side mouse button
left-handed coordinate system
left-justification
following supplements; supplementary information below
reduction left ventriculoplasty; Batista procedure
to become a geisha; to work as a geisha
left turn permissible
left-facing swastika; counterclockwise swastika
left-facing swastika; counterclockwise swastika
left-facing swastika; counterclockwise swastika
writing horizontally from left to right
writing horizontally from left to right
favourite motto; pet saying
(taking a) left turn to get out of a lane or road with heavy traffic as a shortcut
Examples (117 in total)
Please move the desk to the left.
The man regained the use of his left arm.
My left foot hurts.