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Concepts using this kanji
on the left as one faces (it)
left and right
left wing
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
left hand
left arm
left side
farewell
undermentioned (statement)
left bank (of a river)
left side (of an equation, expression, etc.)
upper left
left foot
extreme left
left-handedness
hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
plasterer
drinker
same as on the left
port (left side of vessel)
left eye
to go downhill (e.g. for one's business)
between left and center fielders (centre)
counterclockwise rotation
chart at the left
lower left
lower left (corner)
hitting left-handed (with a racket, bat, etc.)
upper left (corner)
rear left
left-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)
left-handed batter
left-handed pitcher
left-handed pitching
facing left
left-most
writing from left to right (esp. horizontally)
quite unconcerned
to part left and right
left-and-right pair
left hand drive (of cars, etc.)
left hook
left mouse button
left shift (bitwise, arithmetic)
left-side mouse button
left-click
left swipe (on a touchscreen)
left curve
left liner
the reason(s) is (are) as follows
always contradicting what other people say
to equivocate
as following
left half of the body
left-of-center faction (group)
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
from right to left
being unfamiliar with a locality
left faction
evidence
left-facing swastika
looking from one place to another
left ventricle
the left figure (diagram, illustration, chart, graph, etc.)
in all directions
Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs; ritsuryō system)
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
up and down, left and right
left brain
driving on the left side of the road
far-left group
left atrium
left side value (of an equation)
(Fleming's) left-hand rule
so
so ... that ...
following supplements
good news
writing horizontally from left to right
to the left (in location)
left alignment
right and left
mirrored version of the kanji character "uma" (usu. depicted on a shogi piece; considered auspicious)
in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail
to turn left
kern
leftward shift
left hand edge
left and right reversed
left puppeteer (bunraku)
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
drowned body of a person
left turn permissible
levocardia
left-handed baseball pitcher
symmetry
vehicle turning left
counterclockwise
sinistral fault
right and left turning (esp. in a motor vehicle)
bilateral symmetry
high order end
left fielder
left turn permitted on red
Zuo zhuan (c. 4th century BC)
to turn to the left
cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
left-wing party
reduction left ventriculoplasty
left back (corner, etc.)
leaning to the left
left-handed coordinate system
the new left (school of thought)
left breast
lateral axis
ultra-left
left end
left justification
Bilateria (animals with bilateral symmetry)
left shoulder
bilateral asymmetry
bottom left corner
top left corner
left ear
left-leaning
No Left Turn
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
levorotatory
to turn leftist
favourite motto
ease and comfort
to become a geisha
the old left (school of thought)
(taking a) left turn to get out of a lane or road with heavy traffic as a shortcut
left-hand corner
in one ear and out the other
opening brace
opening (square) bracket
left kidney
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