にし
Meanings
Noun
1. にし。北から反時計回りに90度回転した方向。おおまかに太陽の沈む方角。
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
due west
southwest
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
① 西の方角。
① 西の方角。② アメリカを中心にその同盟国で構成する資本主義、自由主義陣営。
① 東と西。② 東と西との間。東と西の方向。③ 東洋と西洋。④ 世間。世相。事柄。⑤ 方位。方角。⑥ あちこち。
① 日本列島の西部地域。大きく以下の二義がある。
① 日本列島の西部地域。大きく以下の二義がある。
① 南と西の中間の方位。
① 北と西の中間の方位。
west wind
Western Europe
West Germany (1949-1990); Federal Republic of Germany
① 西の方を向いていること。
West Asia
West Africa
taking a western route; west circuit; travelling the globe westwards; going from east to west
westerly
Western Roman Empire
western hemisphere; the Occident
Nishijin silk fabrics; Nishijin brocade
West Nile fever
western side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
Western Sahara
twilight; western evening sky
European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)
common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
East is East, and West is West
Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
Caspian plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola); common pratincole
Nishibara Station
Nishijō Station
Kawanishi Station
Nishiōji Oike Station
Nishifu Station
Nishiura Dam
Nishiyama Station
Examples (20 in total)
We're going west.
The ship is sailing to the west.
The sun sets in the west.