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
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
left breast; left side of the chest
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
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
port (left side of vessel)
turning to the left; left turn
left half of the body
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
plasterer
left wing
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
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
left side (of an equation, expression, etc.); LHS; left side (go, chess, othello board)
extreme left; ultraleft
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
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)
ultra-left; ultra-left extremists
between left and center fielders (centre)
left-of-center faction (group)
left-handed pitching
leaning to the left; leftist tendency; becoming radical
left skirt of a kimono; geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono)
looking to and fro
driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving
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
same as on the left; (in vertical writing) same as below
chart at the left
left-leaning; left-wing; leftist
hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
left end; left edge
drinker; person who is fond of alcohol; left-wing party
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
upper left (corner)
always contradicting what other people say
cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
looking right and left or all about; vacillation
left-most
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
left-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)
leftward shift; liberal trend
left fielder; LF
levorotatory; laevorotatory
writing from left to right (esp. horizontally)
left justification; aligning to the left
left-wing party; party of the left
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs) (ritsuryo system)
in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail
the old left (school of thought)
left puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the left arm
left shift (bitwise, arithmetic)
(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.