Illustration: At a Japanese campground, a family pauses where several narrow paths radiate from a clearing. Seen from above the father's shoulder, his unlabeled compass lies level, its distinctive north-seeking needle pointing straight toward the far path.

JLPT N3no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

南なん西せい

nansei

southwest

Example sentences

  1. 境内けいだい南西なんせい隅すみに位置いちする。

    Located on the southwest edge of the grounds.

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

  2. 区くの南西なんせい部ぶにおいては商業基盤しょうぎょうきばんが弱よわい。

    Business in the southwestern part of the ward is relatively weak.

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

  3. 標高ひょうこう50～60mの丘陵きゅうりょうの南西なんせい斜面しゃめんに位置いちする。

    It is located on the southwest slopes of the hills which are 50 - 60 meters above sea level.

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

Kanji in 南西

  • 南southOnナン・ナKunみなみ
  • 西west; SpainOnセイ・サイ・スKunにし

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