Illustration: In a nursery-school shoe area, a child stands facing forward with both arms stretched sideways. One friend stands at the child's left hand and another at the right, each holding a mitten ready to put on the corresponding hand. The central child looks delighted by this unusually efficient help.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

左さ右ゆう

sayuu

left and right

Example sentences

彼かれは怒おこって首くびを左右さゆうに振ふった。
He gave an angry shake of his head.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ジムは横断おうだんする前まえに左右さゆうを見みた。
Jim looked right and left before he crossed the road.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは左右さゆうを見回みまわした。
He looked around.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 左右

左leftOnサ・シャKunひだり
右rightOnウ・ユウKunみぎ

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences

Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store

For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store