Illustration: At a campsite picnic table, a parent and child orient an unlettered outline map of Japan using a small compass. The islands are recognizable, with Hokkaidō at the far end and Kyūshū nearer the child. The compass rests flat on the correctly aligned map, its marked needle tip pointing toward Hokkaidō.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

北きた

kita

north

Example sentences

  1. 磁石じしゃくの針はりは北きたを指さす。

    Compass needles point to the north.

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  2. 北きたって、どっち？

    Which direction is north?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 風かぜは北きたから吹ふいている。

    The wind is blowing from the north.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 北

  • 北northOnホクKunきた

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