ニシ
Meanings
Noun
1. west
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
north-west
western direction
west side; west bank
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West
southwest
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
south-west
west wind
Western Europe
West Germany (1949-1990); Federal Republic of Germany
facing west
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
due west
West Asia
West Africa
taking a western route; west circuit; travelling the globe westwards; going from east to west
westerly
Western Roman Empire
western hemisphere; the Occident
Nishijin silk fabrics; Nishijin brocade
West Nile fever
western side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
Western Sahara
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)
common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
Caspian plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola); common pratincole
twilight; western evening sky
East is East, and West is West
Examples (20 in total)
We're going west.
The ship is sailing to the west.
The sun sets in the west.