ほうこう
Meanings
Noun
1. direction; orientation; bearing; way
2. course (e.g. of action)
Kanji used
way
direction
Pitch accent
うこう
Top 1100
Used in vocabulary (53 in total)
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
the opposite direction; the other way
Examples (21 in total)
I ran in the direction of the sun.
I went in the direction my friend indicated.
Which direction did he go?
Excuse me, which way is the station?
Which direction is the park in?
We hurried in the direction of the fire.
The typhoon moved in a westerly direction.
Which direction did Tom go?
What direction are you going?
He went in the opposite direction from us.
All the arguments pointed in the same direction.
Which way is the cheese shelf?
What direction does your house face?
The land to the northeast was low-lying.
The arrow indicates the way to go.
The plane flew away in the direction of Hong Kong.
The trend of public opinion is against corporal punishment.
She steered our efforts in the right direction.
He set off in the wrong direction and got lost in the woods.
He could always tell which direction the wind was blowing.
The future of English seems to be leading in three directions.