せいよう
Meanings
Noun
1. the West; the Occident; Western countries
Pitch accent
いよう
Composed of
Spain; Spanish (language)
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
Atlantic Ocean
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
Western medicine
checkers (board game); draughts
Western person
western style
Western food; Western-style food
western style or fashion
Western painting
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
Western philosophy
history of the Western world
(western) paper
westernization; westernisation
Western cultivar; Western variety; Western breed
European pear (Pyrus communis)
Western language
Western playing cards
Western playing cards
horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
common juniper (Juniperus communis)
yarrow (Achillea millefolium); milfoil
Western honeybee; European honeybee (Apis mellifera)
silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
English holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius); Western carrot cultivars
medlar (Mespilus germanica); common medlar; Crataegus germanica
Western classical studies; classics
(European) truffle
leek (edible plant, Allium porrum); chive (edible plant, Allium schoenoprasum)
(European) gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)
Eurasian hazel (Corylus avellana)
worship or admiration of Western cultures
sweet cherry (Prunus avium); mazzard
buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima)
buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima)
primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens)
lemon balm (Melissa officinalis); sweet balm
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
Western hydrangea; Hydrangea macrophylla
peppermint (Mentha x piperita)
osier (Salix viminalis)
apple (Malus domestica)
common plum (Prunus domestica); European plum
rapeseed (Brassica napus); rapa; colza
rowan (Sorbus aucuparia); mountain-ash
common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); blue whortleberry; European blueberry; bilberry; whortleberry; blueberry
horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum); conker tree
Examples (7 in total)
He likes Western culture.
They are much better than Western baths.
Japan needed contact with the Western countries.