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方ほう角がく

N2
ほうがく hougaku
  1. direction
  2. way
  3. compass point
noun

Chinese meanings

方向

Examples

  • その物体は光を放ちながら南の方角へ飛んで行った。
    The object flew away to the south, giving out flashes of light.
    那个物体发着光向南方飞去。
  • 私わたしたちは間ま違ちがった方ほう角がくに進すすんでいるのではないかと思おもう。
    I am afraid we are advancing in the wrong direction.
    我想我们是不是走错方向了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e976328667'); // 方角
{
  "id": "e976328667",
  "word": "方角",
  "reading": "ほうがく",
  "romaji": "hougaku",
  "meanings": [
    "direction",
    "way",
    "compass point"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1516950,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その物体は光を放ちながら南の方角へ飛んで行った。",
      "en": "The object flew away to the south, giving out flashes of light.",
      "tatoeba_id": 206882
    },
    {
      "ja": "私たちは間違った方角に進んでいるのではないかと思う。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}たちは{間違|まちが}った{方角|ほうがく}に{進|すす}んでいるのではないかと{思|おも}う。",
      "en": "I am afraid we are advancing in the wrong direction.",
      "tatoeba_id": 165955
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "f71d7382c204cb90b2e993038afad18474a46c9a615c6bd6c5f3b69df9689afe",
    "meanings": [
      "方向"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その物体は光を放ちながら南の方角へ飛んで行った。",
        "zh": "那个物体发着光向南方飞去。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私たちは間違った方角に進んでいるのではないかと思う。",
        "zh": "我想我们是不是走错方向了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/e976328667",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1516950; 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": "c8abbc5f4cc0cd8c81715c53b8e1914b5728beeccaed4f28d0f2574e64424f9c"
  }
}