JLPT N5 vocabulary

方meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

かた2Odaka · falls after

Meaning

  1. direction, way
  2. person, lady, gentleman (honorific)
  3. method of, manner of, way of
  4. care of ... (noun suffix)
  5. person in charge of ... (noun suffix)
  6. side (e.g. “on my mother's side”) (noun suffix)

Example sentences

  1. 日本にほんの漫画まんがの読みよ方かたは右みぎから左ひだりだ。

    The way to read a Japanese comic is from right to left.

  2. あの人ひとの話しはな方かたはひどいったらないね。

    That person's way of talking is extremely cruel.

  3. 離婚りこんしてこの方かた、ずっと彼かれに会っあていません。

    I haven't seen him at all since we got divorced.