Illustration: At a fork in a Japanese countryside footpath, a walker holds an open compass flat in one palm and extends the other arm toward a distant hilltop observation tower. Two companions follow the pointing arm with their eyes, turning their bodies toward the same bearing across the fields.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

方ほう角がく

hougaku

direction

Example sentences

  1. その物体ぶったいは光ひかりを放はなちながら南みなみの方角ほうがくへ飛とんで行いった。

    The object flew away to the south, giving out flashes of light.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 踊おどりによってその食糧しょくりょうまでの距離きょりや方角ほうがくを伝つたえる。

    They communicate the distance and direction of the food by dancing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしたちは間違まちがった方角ほうがくに進すすんでいるのではないかと思おもう。

    I am afraid we are advancing in the wrong direction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 方角

  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた
  • 角angle; cornerOnカクKunかど・つの

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