方
ホウ
かた • -かた • -がた
direction; person; alternative
Words
方言周圏論
ほうげんしゅうけんろん
- center versus periphery theory n ling
上円下方墳
じょうえんかほうふん
- burial mound with square flat base and round top n
国家地方警察
こっかちほうけいさつ
- national rural police (established in 1947, abolished in 1954) n
方違へ所
かたたがえどころ かたたがへどころ
- place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction n arch
方違い
かたたがい
- setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) n arch