ニシ
Meanings
Noun
1. west
Soon, the west gate comes into view.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
western mountains; mountains to the west
due west
north-west
western direction
west side; west bank
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West
southwest
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
west wind
south-west
western annex; west building
Western Europe
West Germany (1949-1990); Federal Republic of Germany
facing west
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
westerly
West Asia
taking a western route; west circuit; travelling the globe westwards; going from east to west
West Africa
West Indies; Western India
Western Roman Empire
western hemisphere; the Occident
Nishijin silk fabrics; Nishijin brocade
West Nile fever
western side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
west of
Western Sahara
nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)
common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
Caspian plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola); common pratincole
twilight; western evening sky
East is East, and West is West
west wing (of a building); west building
Nishinokyō Special Needs School (older name style)
Nishikyūshuu University; West Kyushu University
Nishi Tokyo University of Science
Japanese Association for Tibetan Studies
Examples (25 in total)
We're going west.
The ship is sailing to the west.
The sun sets in the west.