"西方" meaning in Japanese

See 西方 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [se̞ːho̞ː] Forms: 西方 [canonical] (ruby: 西(せい), (ほう)), seihō [romanization], seifau [romanization], せいはう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|せいほう|hhira=せいはう}} 西(せい)方(ほう) • (seihō) ^(←せいはう (seifau)?)
  1. west, western area Related terms: 東方 (tōhō) (ruby: 東方(とうほう)) (english: east, eastern area), 南方 (nanpō) (ruby: 南方(なんぽう)) (english: south, southern area), 北方 (hoppō) (ruby: 北方(ほっぽう)) (english: north, northern area)
    Sense id: en-西方-ja-noun-5vcF5H4b Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [sa̠iho̞ː] Forms: 西方 [canonical] (ruby: 西(さい), (ほう)), saihō [romanization], saifau [romanization], さいはう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|さいほう|hhira=さいはう}} 西(さい)方(ほう) • (saihō) ^(←さいはう (saifau)?)
  1. west
    Sense id: en-西方-ja-noun-dqeWIItx
  2. (abbreviation) western Pure Land Tags: abbreviation Synonyms: 西方浄土
    Sense id: en-西方-ja-noun-2rXfdvkL Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 1 30 1 1 35 1 21 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 32 1 1 34 1 25 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 52 1 44 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 1 96 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 1 55 1 40 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 5 5 61 10 12 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 3 2 52 2 40 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 1 53 1 42 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟iɕiɡa̠ta̠], [ɲ̟iɕika̠ta̠] Forms: 西方 [canonical] (ruby: 西(にし), (がた)), 西方 [canonical] (ruby: 西(にし), (かた)), nishigata [romanization], nishikata [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|にしがた|にしかた}} 西(にし)方(がた) or 西(にし)方(かた) • (nishigata or nishikata)
  1. west (compass point, direction)
    Sense id: en-西方-ja-noun-k-C9zZxw
  2. the fighters on the west side in a match
    Sense id: en-西方-ja-noun-8y~PpywE Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 1 30 1 1 35 1 21 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 32 1 1 34 1 25 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 52 1 44 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟iɕiza̠ma̠] Forms: 西方 [canonical] (ruby: 西(にし), (ざま)), nishizama [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|にしざま}} 西(にし)方(ざま) • (nishizama)
  1. west
    Sense id: en-西方-ja-noun-dqeWIItx1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iɕika̠ta̠]"
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      "ipa": "[se̞ːho̞ː]"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.