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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

北きた側がわ

kitagawa

north side

Example sentences

  1. カナダはアメリカの北側きたがわにある。

    Canada is on the north side of America.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしたちの事務所じむしょはその建物たてものの北側きたがわにある。

    Our office is on the northern side of the building.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 駅えき北側きたがわは再開発中さいかいはつちゅうである。

    The area to the north of the station is currently being developed.

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

Kanji in 北側

  • 北northOnホクKunきた
  • 側side; leanOnソクKunかわ・がわ・そば

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