Illustration: In a compact residential lane, a delivery cyclist has stopped to ask an elderly resident for directions. The resident points clearly toward a house visible just beyond the cyclist's shoulder, where someone waits with an open gate.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

方ほう向こう音おん痴ち

houkouonchi

poor sense of direction

Example sentences

  1. トムって方向音痴ほうこうおんちなのよ。

    Tom has no sense of direction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょ、方向音痴ほうこうおんちだから、すぐに道みちに迷まよっちゃうんだ。

    She gets lost really easily. She’s got no sense of direction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは方向音痴ほうこうおんちなのでいつも方位磁石ほういじしゃくを持もち歩あるいています。

    I have no sense of direction so I always travel with a compass.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 方向音痴

  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた
  • 向face; tend towardOnコウKunむく・むい・むける
  • 音sound; noiseOnオン・イン・-ノンKunおと・ね
  • 痴stupid; foolishOnチKunしれる・おろか

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