方

かた

Meanings

1. Noun direction; way (also ほう)
2. person; lady; gentleman
3. Noun, Noun suffix method of; manner of; way of
4. Noun suffix care of ...
5. person in charge of ... (also がた)
6. side (e.g. "on my mother's side") (also がた)

Kanji

• 方 direction. Read as かた.

Example sentences

• 君は口の利き方を知らなければならない。
  You've got to learn to hold your tongue.
• 私によくもそんな口のきき方ができるものだ。
  How dare you speak to me like that?
• 君の笑い方好きだな。
  I like the way you smile.
• 君の英語の教え方はばかげている。
  Your method of teaching English is absurd.
• 君の扱い方次第だ。
  It all depends how you handle it.

Related forms

• 御方 (おかた) lady (honorific)

Words containing 方

• 東方 (とうほう) eastern direction
• やり方 (やりかた) way (of doing)
• 仕方ない (しかたない) cannot be helped

And 219 more.

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