Illustration: At a trail junction in a Japanese mountain park, a hiker holds an unlettered compass flat over a simple terrain map without writing. The compass’s distinctive north-pointing needle aligns with the map’s upper edge.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

北ほく西せい

hokusei

northwest

Example sentences

  1. 池いけの北西ほくせい部ぶには、二段にだんの滝たきがある。

    There is a two-tiered waterfall in the northwest corner of the pond.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 駅えきの北西ほくせいに二条自動車教習所にじょうじどうしゃきょうしゅうじょがある。

    The Nijo Driving School is located northwest of the station.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. エクアドルは南米なんべいの北西ほくせい部ぶに位置いちする国くにである。

    Ecuador is a country situated in the northwest part of South America.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 北西

  • 北northOnホクKunきた
  • 西west; SpainOnセイ・サイ・スKunにし

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