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noun, no-adjective
•
southwest
Other readings:
南西【みなみにし】

noun
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western Japan, Japan west of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. the Chūbu region and westward
Other readings:
西日本【にしにっぽん】

noun, no-adjective
•
northwest

noun
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West Germany (1949-1990)(abbreviation)

noun
1.
western direction
2.
Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)(abbreviation, Buddhist term)(only relevant for さいほう)
See also:西方浄土
3.
western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)(martial arts)(only relevant for にしがた)
Other readings:
西方【さいほう】
、
西方【にしがた】

noun
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West Germany (1949-1990), Federal Republic of Germany

noun
•
south-west
Other readings:
西南【にしみなみ】

noun
1.
Siberia(usually kana)
2.
cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake(usually kana)
Other readings:
シベリア《西伯利亜》[1]
、
シベリア《西伯利》[1]
、
シベリヤ《西比利亜》[1]
、
シベリヤ《西伯利亜》[1]
、
シベリヤ《西伯利》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
•
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
すいか《水瓜》
、
スイカ

noun
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Tibet(usually kana)
Other readings:
チベット《西藏》

noun
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Switzerland(usually kana)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
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Spain(usually kana)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
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New Zealand(usually kana)
Other readings:
ニュージランド《新西蘭》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
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France(usually kana)
Other readings:
フランス《佛蘭西》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
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Mexico(usually kana)
Other readings:
メヒコ《墨西哥》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
•
Russia(usually kana)
Other readings:
ロシア《魯西亜》[1]
、
ロシヤ《露西亜》[1]
、
ロシヤ《魯西亜》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun, no-adjective
•
west wind
Other readings:
西風【せいふう】

noun
•
north-west
Other readings:
西北【にしきた】

noun
•
high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east(yojijukugo)

noun
•
westerlies, prevailing westerlies

noun
•
north-northwest
Other readings:
北々西【ほくほくせい】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
westward trip, trip to the West
Other readings:
西遊【さいゆう】

noun
•
western regions of China

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
busying oneself about (something), being on the move, bestirring oneself, on the go, taking an active interest(yojijukugo)

noun
•
south-southwest, south-south-west
Other readings:
南々西【なんなんせい】

noun
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Abyssinia (Empire of Ethiopia, 980 BCE to 1974 CE)(usually kana)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

あんせいとごふ
anseitogofu
noun
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Protectorate General to Pacify the West, Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE
See also:都護府

noun, noun (suffix)
•
... and westward, west of

noun
•
Imaizumi's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus imaizumii), Iriomote horseshoe bat(usually kana)
Other readings:
イリオモテキクガシラコウモリ

noun
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Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イリオモテヤマネコ

noun
•
Kansai region (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)

noun
•
Kansai dialect
Other readings:
関西辯【かんさいべん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

こうせいぞくじちく
kouseichiwanzokujichiku
noun
•
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China)
Other readings:
広西壮族自治区【こうせいチワンぞくじちく】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
going west, leaving for the west

noun
•
Saikaidō (alt. name for the Kyūshū region)

noun, no-adjective
•
western capital, Kyoto

noun
•
fish pickled in sweet Kyoto-style miso
See also:西京味噌
Other readings:
西京漬【さいきょうづけ】

noun
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Kyoto-style miso, Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste (esp. used for pickling fish)(food term)

noun
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Kyoto-style grilled fish, fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled(food term)
See also:西京漬け
Other readings:
西京焼【さいきょうやき】

noun
1.
the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki)(abbreviation)
2.
western nations (esp. India or Europe)
3.
33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara
4.
a pilgrimage of these temples
See also:西国巡礼
Other readings:
西国【さいこく】

さいごくさんじゅうさんしょ
saigokusanjuusansho
noun
•
33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara
Other readings:
西国三十三所【さいこくさんじゅうさんしょ】

noun
•
pilgrimage of the Saigoku-Sanjūsansho (33 temples in the Kinki region)
Other readings:
西国巡礼【さいこくじゅんれい】

noun
•
Saigon(usually kana)
Other readings:
サイゴン《柴棍》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun, no-adjective
•
westernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

noun
•
Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)(Buddhist term)

noun
1.
west wind tile(mahjong term)
2.
winning hand with a pung (or kong) of west wind tiles(mahjong term)

noun
•
watermelon splitting (game)
Other readings:
西瓜割り【すいかわり】

noun
1.
Spain(abbreviation)
See also:西班牙
2.
Spanish (language)(abbreviation)
See also:西語

noun
•
Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)

せいいきとごふ
seiikitogofu
noun
•
Protectorate General of the Western Regions, Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE
See also:都護府

noun
•
western edge, west margin
See also:東縁

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
westernization, westernisation

noun
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Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)

noun
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Western Xia (1038-1227), Western Hsia, Tangut Empire, Mi-nyak

noun
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Western Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE), Former Han dynasty
See also:前漢

noun
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Western Wei dynasty (China, 535-557)

noun
•
Western religion, Christianity

noun
1.
western army (in a civil war)
2.
Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)

noun
•
Western saying, Western proverb

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
going west, heading westward

noun
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Western Zhou dynasty (China, c 1046-771 BCE), Western Chou dynasty
See also:周

noun
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Xirong, Rong, inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE), barbarians to the west

noun
•
memorial rite involving the western sanctum(Buddhist term)

noun
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Western Jin dynasty (China, 265-317), Western Chin dynasty
See also:晋

noun, noun (suffix)
•
(in the) Kobe area

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
proceeding west
See also:東進

noun
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toilet in a Zen temple
Other readings:
西浄【せいちん】
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