ほう
Meanings
Noun
1. district; region; area; locality
2. the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area
3. civilian society
Imperial Japanese Army jargon
Kanji used
ground
way
Pitch accent
ほう
Top 2900
Composed of
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (65 in total)
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
district court; local court
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
Examples (25 in total)
Legends of vampires flourish in the Balkans.
This district forms a basin.
A cold wave hit this district.