側
N1がわ gawa
- side
- row
- surroundings
- part
- (watch) case
nounsuffix
Also read かわ
Chinese meanings
一侧;方面
Examples
- 審判はどちらの側も支持するべきではない。A referee should not favor either side.裁判不应支持任何一方。
- 通りのどちら側にも駐車できます。You can park on either side of the street.街道两边都可以停车。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ddb35e549d'); // 側
{
"id": "ddb35e549d",
"word": "側",
"reading": "がわ",
"romaji": "gawa",
"meanings": [
"side",
"row",
"surroundings",
"part",
"(watch) case"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"suf"
],
"jmdict_id": 1581310,
"other_readings": [
"かわ"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "審判はどちらの側も支持するべきではない。",
"furigana": "{審判|しんぱん}はどちらの{側|がわ}も{支持|しじ}するべきではない。",
"en": "A referee should not favor either side.",
"tatoeba_id": 145618
},
{
"ja": "通りのどちら側にも駐車できます。",
"furigana": "{通|とお}りのどちら{側|がわ}にも{駐車|ちゅうしゃ}できます。",
"en": "You can park on either side of the street.",
"tatoeba_id": 125638
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "345536ff8a75795d6c869866e12899e1f1c7086c1f3868fecb51c61de9c55040",
"meanings": [
"一侧",
"方面"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "審判はどちらの側も支持するべきではない。",
"zh": "裁判不应支持任何一方。"
},
{
"ja": "通りのどちら側にも駐車できます。",
"zh": "街道两边都可以停车。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/ddb35e549d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1581310; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "1c109336175c194937236b3d9eeaf21ad83bfe7dd271c01fc7f6f4aa7ecb5d3d",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}