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
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
sense of orientation; sense of direction
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
to point to a direction
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
two-way; bidirectional; interactive
longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation
directing; orienting; orientating; guiding; aligning
two directions; both directions; two-way; bidirectional
to direct; to guide; to orient; to orientate; to align
to direct; to guide; to orient; to orientate; to align
directing; orienting; orientating; guiding; aligning
directional button; button with arrow(s) (on keypad, game controller, etc.)
direction indicator; traffic indicator; turn signal
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
longer direction; longitudinal direction
line writing direction
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
longitudinal direction
character writing direction
perpendicular direction; lengthwise direction
forward voltage drop (e.g. in a semiconductor)
forward voltage (e.g. of a semiconductor)
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?