Japanese/Vocabulary/Direction
< Japanese < VocabularyCardinal
English | Japanese | Reading | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
north | 北 | きた | e.g. |
(n) east | 東 | ひがし | |
(n,vs) South, proceeding south/(P)/ | 南 | みなみ | |
(n) west | 西 | にし | |
northeast | e.g. 北東の | ||
northwest | |||
southeast | |||
southwest | |||
north-northeast | 北北東 | ほくほくとう | |
east-northeast | 東北東 | とうほくとう |
Relative
English | Japanese | Reading | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
(a) left | 左 | ひだり | |
(a) right | 右 | みぎ | |
up | 上 | うえ | |
down | 下 | した | |
upper left | 左上 | ひだりうえ | |
lower left | 左下 | ひだりした | |
upper right | 右上 | みぎうえ | |
lower right | 右下 | みぎした | |
forward | 前 | まえ | |
backward | 後ろ | うしろ | |
straight | 真っ直ぐ | まっすぐ | Typically written "真っすぐ". |
vertical | 縦 | たて | |
horizontal | 横 | よこ | |
diagonal | 斜め | ななめ |
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