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    3. 東方

    東方

    東とう方ほう

    eastern direction

    KMT5News #12+1Sports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab12 strokes

    とうほうひがしかたひがしがた

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    eastern direction
    2.
    the Orient

    Noun

    3.
    eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
    martial arts

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    太たい陽ようは東とう方ほうから昇のぼります。

    The sun rises from the east.

    KMT3Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    彼かれは東とう方ほう文ぶん化かに興きょう味みを持もっています。

    He is interested in Eastern culture.

    KMT5Culture & Traditions
    大おお相ず撲もうでは、力りき士しは東とう方ほうと西せい方ほうに分わかれて戦たたかいます。

    In sumo wrestling, wrestlers are divided into eastern and western sides to compete.

    KMT5Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    船ふねは東とう方ほうへ向むかって進すすんでいきました。

    The ship proceeded eastward.

    KMT5Travel & Transportation
    歴れき史し的てきに、東とう方ほうは神しん秘ぴて的きちな地い域きとして描えがかれることが多おおかったです。

    Historically, the East was often depicted as a mysterious region.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    東
    ひがし…(12)
    east
    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
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