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Common Kanji #5: Kanji for Direction and Position
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Common Kanji #5: Kanji for Direction and Position
12 words
mae
前
(n)
front
Kuruma no mae ni hito ga iru.
車の前に人がいる。
There is a person in front of the car.
higashi
東
(n)
east
higashi ni muku
東に向く
facing east
nishi
西
(n)
west
Taiyō wa higashi kara nobotte, nishi ni shizumimasu.
太陽は東から昇って、西に沈みます。
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
kita
北
(n)
north
hōi jishaku wa kita o muku
方位磁石は北を向く
compass points north
minami
南
(n)
south
minami o sasu
南を指す
point south
soto
外
(n)
outside
ie no soto
家の外
outside a house
naka
中
(n)
inside
Daizu wa saya no naka de sodatsu.
大豆はさやの中で育つ。
Soybeans grow inside the pods.
migi
右
(n)
right
usetsu
右折
right turn
hidari
左
(n)
left
sasetsu
左折
left turn
ue no
上の
(p)
above
dareka no ue
誰かの上
above someone
shita
下
(n)
under
deiri-guchi no sita
出入り口の下
under a doorway
ato
後
(n)
after
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