JLPT N5 vocabulary

方meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

ほう1Atamadaka · high start

Meaning

  1. direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction)
  2. side (of an argument, etc.), one's part
  3. type, category
  4. field (of study, etc.)
  5. indicates one side of a comparison
  6. way, method, manner, means
  7. length (of each side of a square)

Example sentences

  1. もう一度いちど考えかんがた方ほうがいいです。

    It would be better to think it over once more.

  2. 日本にほんの北きたの方ほうではりすがいるとか。

    I heard there are squirrels in the northern part of Japan.

  3. 彼女かのじょは今いま怒っおこているので話さはなない方ほうがいい。

    She's angry right now, so it's better to not speak to her.