Illustration: At solar noon on a clear winter day, a homeowner sits on the sunny veranda of a Japanese house, hanging a cushion over the rail. Beside them, an open compass lies flat on a low garden table, with its distinctive north-seeking needle aimed toward the house’s rear, directly away from the veranda.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

南みなみ側がわ

minamigawa

south side

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの家いえは川かわの南側みなみがわにある。

    His house is on the south side of the river.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 国立京都国際会館こくりつきょうとこくさいかいかんは駅えきの南側みなみがわにある。

    Kyoto International Conference Center is located on the south side of this station.

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

  3. 改札口かいさつぐちは1か所しょ、入口いりぐちはホーム南側みなみがわにある。

    There is one ticket gate; the entrance of the station is on the south side of the platform.

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

Kanji in 南側

  • 南southOnナン・ナKunみなみ
  • 側side; leanOnソクKunかわ・がわ・そば

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