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Grade 2JLPT N5

north

5 strokes · frequency rank #153

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ホク
Kun
きた

Stroke order

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Common words

  1. きたnorth1
    • The ship is bearing due north.

    • Compass needles point to the north.

    • The weather vane points north.

  2. ペキンBeijing (China); Peking2
    • A serious epidemic has broken out in Beijing.

    • I went via Beijing of necessity because there wasn't a direct flight.

  3. きたちょうせんNorth Korea3
    • Today's topic is "the problem of Japanese people abducted by North Korea".

    • That's just how cunning North Korea is (and China, too).

  4. ほっかいどうHokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)4
    • I will go to Hokkaido tomorrow.

    • It may be snowing in Hokkaido.

    • I'm going to Hokkaido.

  5. ほっぽうthe north; northward; northern direction5
    • Hokkaido is to the north of Sendai.

    • The ship struck northward.

  6. なんぼくnorth and south; north to south6
    • Japan is a very long country from north to south.

  7. とうほくnorth-east7
    • The typhoon may cross the Tohoku district.

    • He traveled through the Tohoku district this summer.

    • He traveled through the Tohoku district this summer.

  8. ほくぶnorthern part; the north (of a region)8
    • Hokkaido is in the northern part of Japan.

    • My house is in the northern part of the city.

    • There are colossal mountains in the north.

  9. ほくとうnortheast9
    • The land to the northeast was low-lying.

  10. はいぼくdefeat; loss; reverse; setback10
    • He threw in the towel in defeat when his favorite chorus girl married another man.

    • Actually, we had prepared ourselves for defeat.

    • He will on no account accept defeat.

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