よう
Meanings
Noun
1. Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident)
2. ocean; sea
Prefix
3. foreign; Western; European
Kanji used
ocean
Pitch accent
Top 17400
Used in vocabulary (75 in total)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
Western-style house
Western style
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
Western clothing; Western binding
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
Western-style room
overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)
(Western) dressmaking
open sea; ocean
Western book
Western wine and spirits; Western liquor
Western music; European music
Western-style room
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
Japan and Europe
artist who produces Western-style paintings
European pear (Pyrus communis)
(Western) archery; Western-style bow
battle cruiser; battlecruiser
Western paper; paper manufactured in the Western manner
in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient
Western video game
Western goods; Western things; imported goods
Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)
Western sword (esp. sabre)
Western hairdressing
European pear (Pyrus communis)
Western-style apparel and accessories; haberdashery
Western goods; Western things; imported goods
Westerner's mistress
yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer); piano
European pear (Pyrus communis)
Japan, China and the West; Japanese, Chinese and Western learning
sabre; saber
Western word or sentence; word created by translating components of a Western word
Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)
Orient and Occident; Atlantic and Pacific
German silver; nickel silver; silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods
Western language; Japanese word of Western origin
practitioner of Western medicine; Western doctor
Western or foreign type
characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet)
Western tableware; dinnerware
Japanese spirit with Western learning
broad; vast; boundless; wide
orchid of Western origin; tropical orchid
orchid of Western origin; tropical orchid
carmine; crimson
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
addiction to Western things
Indian Ocean
German silver; nickel silver
prostitute who serves Westerners
the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic)
book of Western origin
foreign cigarette; foreign tobacco
Examples (1 in total)
Then they fly round to the Indian Ocean and down to Antarctica.