① ヨーロッパ諸国、およびそれらの諸国民が移住したアメリカ・オーストラリアなども含む地域及び文化圏の総称。一般にはヨーロッパ文化圏、特に西ヨーロッパ文化圏が意識される。
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
going west; heading westward
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)
Spanish-American War (1898)
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Western Zhou dynasty (China, c 1046-771 BCE); Western Chou dynasty
Western cultivar; Western variety; Western breed
Western religion; Christianity
Western Jin dynasty (of China; 265-317 CE); Western Chin dynasty
westernization; westernisation
Western Xia (1038-1227); Western Hsia; Tangut Empire; Mi-nyak
Western Han dynasty (of China; 206 BCE-9 CE); Former Han dynasty
western edge; west margin
the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
European pear (Pyrus communis)
Seizan sect (of Pure Land Buddhism)
Spanish-Japanese (dictionary, translation, etc.)
flowing west (e.g. of a river)
memorial rite involving the western sanctum
Western Wei dynasty (of China; 535-557)
Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire, 1132-1211 CE)