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    3. 方位

    方位

    方ほう位い

    bearing

    KMT8News #25+1CoreNounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ほうい

    Noun

    1.
    bearing, heading, point of the compass

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    コンパスで方ほう位いを確かく認にんした。

    I checked the direction with a compass.

    KMT7Travel & Transportation
    船ふねは正ただしい方ほう位いに進すすんでいる。

    The ship is heading in the correct direction.

    KMT8Travel & Transportation
    地ち図ずと方ほう位い磁じ石しゃくを使つかって、目もく的てき地ちへのルートを計けい画かくした。

    I planned the route to my destination using a map and a compass.

    KMT8Travel & Transportation
    飛ひ行こう機きは管かん制せい塔とうからの指し示じに従したがい、方ほう位いを変かえた。

    The airplane changed its heading according to instructions from the control tower.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationTechnology
    太たい陽ようの位い置ちからおおよその方ほう位いを割わり出だすことができる。

    You can roughly determine the direction from the position of the sun.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
    位
    くらい・ぐらい…(2)
    rank・grade・throne・crown・about…(1)
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