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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

方ほう向こう

N3
ほうこう houkou
  1. direction
  2. course
  3. way
noun

Chinese meanings

方向

Examples

  • チーズの棚たなはどちらの方ほう向こうにありますか。
    Which way is the cheese shelf?
    奶酪货架在哪个方向?
  • 彼かれは注ちゅう意い力りょくをその方ほう向こうに向むけた。
    He turned his mind to it.
    他把注意力转向了那个方向。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('fcbac4861d'); // 方向
{
  "id": "fcbac4861d",
  "word": "方向",
  "reading": "ほうこう",
  "romaji": "houkou",
  "meanings": [
    "direction",
    "course",
    "way"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1516990,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "チーズの棚はどちらの方向にありますか。",
      "furigana": "チーズの{棚|たな}はどちらの{方向|ほうこう}にありますか。",
      "en": "Which way is the cheese shelf?",
      "tatoeba_id": 203042
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は注意力をその方向に向けた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{注意力|ちゅういりょく}をその{方向|ほうこう}に{向|む}けた。",
      "en": "He turned his mind to it.",
      "tatoeba_id": 102130
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "c8bc9e49b1a61c11d3164023d9940f529ff00840482f4c5bb2405f398dbeab0d",
    "meanings": [
      "方向"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "チーズの棚はどちらの方向にありますか。",
        "zh": "奶酪货架在哪个方向?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は注意力をその方向に向けた。",
        "zh": "他把注意力转向了那个方向。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/fcbac4861d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1516990; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "1260fda834a339b0f162233d8068f8bad96ac0eec88f40a342267a8cff7f5e9e"
  }
}