Keyword
north
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig480
Readings
きた
(44%)
ほく
(26%)
ぼく
(17%)
ほっ
(11%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a bird's eye view of a road leading north.

Used in kanji (5 in total)
back of the body
swallow (bird)
diverge
hope for
Used in vocabulary (260 in total)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Examples (165 in total)
The old church stands north of the town.
There was a cold wind blowing from the north.
The wind is blowing from the north.
Actually, we had prepared ourselves for defeat.
He will on no account accept defeat.
We turned a corner and drove north.
The bus was heading north.
The defeated army retreated from the country.
The castle stands three miles north of the town.
The village lies 20 miles north of this town.
The town lies just above London.
If you face north, the east is on your right.
Have you been to Hokkaido?
It was she who went to Hokkaido yesterday.
This flower is found in different parts of Hokkaido.
This is a souvenir from Hokkaido.
It was while I was in Hokkaido that I first met the poet.
By the way, have you ever been to Hokkaido?
I've been to Hokkaido before.
It is not always cold in Hokkaido.
I love Hokkaido.
Do you live in Hokkaido?
I have been to Hokkaido once.
There are a lot of places to see in Hokkaido.
There are a lot of long and straight roads in Hokkaido.
Did you go to Hokkaido?
You are from Hokkaido, aren't you?
The streets in Hokkaido are wide.
Hokkaido is very far, isn't it?
It snows a lot in Hokkaido, doesn't it?
Hokkaido is located in the northern part of Japan.
Hokkaido is located in northern Japan.
Did you enjoy staying in Hokkaido?
It may be snowing in Hokkaido.
I visited Hokkaido during summer vacation.
My sister will have finished her homework before she goes to Hokkaido.
He has been in Hokkaido before.
He has gone to Hokkaido.
He has been to Hokkaido.
He is not from Hokkaido.
It seemed that her family had moved to Hokkaido.
She is from Hokkaido, but is now living in Tokyo.
We went sightseeing in Hokkaido.
We arrived at a small town in Hokkaido.
I'm going to Hokkaido.
I am going to Hokkaido in the summer.
I will go to Hokkaido tomorrow.
Last summer we went to Hokkaido.
We happened to be in Hokkaido then.
The river flows along the north of island.
Hokkaido is in the northern part of Japan.
Winters in the north are long, but summers are short.
My house is in the northern part of the city.
Bravely though they fought, they were defeated.
The road goes north from here.
Was he in Hokkaido last year?
There are colossal mountains in the north.
I've decided to go to Hokkaido with my friends next month.
I'll go to Hokkaido next month with my friend.
My hometown is in the center of Hokkaido.
Hokkaido is very cold compared with Kyushu.
The climate of England is similar to that of Hokkaido.
I'm going to climb Mt. Kitadake.
Our office is on the northern side of the building.
In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.
Defeat and failure make people too humble.
The streets of Hokkaido are very wide.
Part of Hokkaido still remains in its natural state.
The Battle of North Africa was over.
These birds migrate to North Africa in winter.
The northernmost part of the city is a maze of alleys.
He postponed leaving for Hokkaido until next month.
Hokkaido is to the north of Sendai.
She told me that she came all the way from Hokkaido to see her brother.
She came here all the way from Hokkaido.
My grandfather came over from Kyushu to Hokkaido.
Was Midori skiing in Hokkaido at that time?
My cousin in Hokkaido is a good skier.
I plan to go skiing in Hokkaido.
He went skiing in Hokkaido.
He skis in Hokkaido every winter.
The land to the northeast was low-lying.
At first, I thought it was the name of a place in Hokkaido.
I went around Hokkaido by bike this summer.
She felt like going to Tohoku again.
Japan is a very long country from north to south.
The factory has been transferred to Hokkaido.
Lake Towada is in the north of Japan.
I wonder if the sea level really will rise when the ice at the North Pole melts.
The North Star is very easy to find.
Look, it's the North Star.
The South Pole is a lot colder than the North Pole.
Italy is bounded on the north by Switzerland.
Many farmers in Hokkaido grow potatoes.
Canada is on the north side of America.
Santa Claus lives in the North Pole.
Canada is to the north of the United States.
Canada borders the northern part of the United States.
The cold north wind turned the leaves brown.
An icy north wind is blowing.
The north wind blew all day.
The cold north wind was roaring outside.
I've never been to Hokkaido.
Xiao Wang arrived in Beijing.
There are nine million bicycles in Beijing.
Beijing is changing with great speed.
Beijing is the capital of China.
Beijing is changing so rapidly.
A serious epidemic has broken out in Beijing.
We want to go to Beijing and Shanghai.
The lines of this field run between magnetic north and magnetic south at the two poles.
In the north, it's cold in winter.
Hokkaido is to the north of Honshu.
The main islands of Japan are Hokkaido, Shikoku, Honshu and Kyushu.
She has never been to Hokkaido.
We turned left at the corner and drove north.
The climate here is like that of Hokkaido.
What is the highest mountain in North America?
They sent him to North America.
It's hard to admit that you're a failure.
I went to Hokkaido to see the floating ice.
According to the radio, a storm is imminent in the North Sea.
Oil has been discovered under the North Sea.
The typhoon may cross the Tohoku district.
He traveled through the Tohoku district this summer.
She is looking forward to going to the Tohoku district.
The Tohoku district is worth traveling to.
That's the Big Dipper.
That's just how cunning North Korea is (and China, too).
North Korea and South Korea are neighbors.
The people who live in the north of Japan enjoy skiing in the winter in the snow.
This book gives a good picture of life in America during the Civil War.
The novel is centered on the Civil War.
I wonder when the Civil War started.
He wrote a book about the American Civil War.
They had lost the Civil War.
The town is located in the extreme north of Japan.
In North America it is against the law to fail to fasten your seatbelt.
Typhoon No.11 is moving up north at twenty kilometers per hour.
They climbed the rugged north face.
The Tohoku district was badly hit by the cold weather.
Those animals can be seen in the northern hemisphere.
The United States is in the Northern Hemisphere.
Japan is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
He has made great progress in speaking Mandarin.
The Arctic is the area around the North Pole.
Hokkaido Prefecture's capital is Sapporo City.
Hanako came all the way from Hokkaido in order to see her father.
To reach the North Pole is not easy.
Polar bears live in the Arctic.
They fly south from the arctic region.
The French were defeated at Waterloo.
Ecuador is a country situated in the northwest part of South America.
A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
February 7th is Northern Territories Day in Japan.
Russia must return the Northern Territories to Japan.
Japan claims the Northern Territories for its own.
I heard that that boy traveled from Hokkaido to Kyushu by bicycle.
He left on an expedition to the North Pole.
They set out on an arctic expedition.
They went on an expedition to the North Pole.
Today's topic is "the problem of Japanese people abducted by North Korea".
Yanni lives in northern Japan.
Yanni wants to move to northern Japan.
We credit Peary with having discovered the North Pole.