南方

なんぽう

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective the south; southward; southern direction
2. Noun countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

Kanji

• 南 south. Read as ナン.
• 方 direction. Read as ホウ.

Example sentences

• 私の故郷の町はニューヨークの南方１０マイルのところにある。
  My home town lies 10 miles south of New York.

Words containing 南方

• 中国南方航空 (ちゅうごくなんぽうこうくう) China Southern Airlines
• 南方産 (なんぽうさん) products of the south seas
• 南方仏教 (なんぽうぶっきょう) Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)

Word lists

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