The Japanese word for west is
西
にし - nishi
Japanese Definition
| west | |
| 1. 名詞. 西 | |
| 2. 名詞. 西部 | |
| 3. 形容詞. 西の | |
| 4. 形容詞. 西方の | |
| 5. 形容詞. 西への | |
| 6. 副詞. 西へ | |
| 7. 副詞. 西方へ |
Translations for west and their definitions
| 西 | |
| 1. n. (from 770) west (one of the four cardinal directions) | |
| 2. n. the West | |
| 3. n. (from 712) the west wind, wind blowing from the west | |
| 4. n. (theater) in kabuki: | |
| 5. n. (from 1688) the left side of the stage in the Edo-style | |
| 6. n. (from 1688) the right side of the stage in Kyoto and Osaka styles | |
| 7. n. (date uncertain) (sumo) lower-ranked wrestlers listed on the left side of a banzuke | |
| 8. n. (from 1885) the West; q, later, more specifically the capitalist states of the West (originally western Europe, as opposed to Eastern Bloc countries) | |
| 9. n. (mahjong) west wind (mahjong tile) | |
| (hyper, ja, 風牌, tr=kazehai, fanpai) | |
| 10. n. (mahjong) a 役 with a triplet or quad of west wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2 翻 | |
| (hyper, ja, 役牌, tr=yakuhai, yaku-pai) |
| 西方 | |
| 1. n. west, western area |
| 西洋 | |
| 1. n. The West, western countries |
| 西部 | |
| 1. n. the western part, the region in the west |
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