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シホウ
Meanings
Noun
1. the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
2. four sides (of a square)
Alt. forms
四し方ほう
93%
よも
5%
シホウ
Pitch accent
シ
ホウ
シ
ホ
ウ
Used in: 1
Composed of
four
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
in all directions
Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
Examples (5 in total)
They fled in all possible directions.
Japan is a country surrounded by the sea on all sides.
The forest fire began to spread in all directions.
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