Illustration: In a Japanese home's entrance hall, a child ready for winter holds one striped mitten at chest height while searching for its partner. The matching mitten is clearly visible beneath a cat's front paws on the shoe bench, with the same cuff and stripe arrangement.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

片かた方ほう

katahou

one of a pair, the other one

Example sentences

  1. 靴くつの片方かたほうがなくなった。

    I lost one of my shoes.

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  2. 片方かたほうの靴くつが、汚よごれてるよ。

    One of your shoes is dirty.

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  3. ピアスの片方かたほうをなくしちゃった。

    I lost one of my earrings.

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Kanji in 片方

  • 片one-sided; leafOnヘンKunかた-・かた
  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた

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