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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

当とう方ほう

touhou

we, our side

Formal; used for one’s own side in correspondence. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. お尋たずねの権利けんりは、当方とうほうには属ぞくしておりません。

    The rights you requested do not belong to us.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 他たの写真しゃしんをご覧らんになりたい場合ばあいは、どうぞ当方とうほうまでご連絡れんらくください。電子でんしメールでお送おくり致いたします。

    If you wish to see other pictures please contact us. We will send them to you by e-mail.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この間かん、豊臣方とよとみかたは二にの丸まるの埋うめ立たては当方とうほうの受うけ持もちであると抗議こうぎしたが、徳川方とくがわかたは「工事こうじが進すすんでいないので、手伝てつだう」といいそのまま、埋うめ立たてを行おこなった。

    In the meantime the Toyotomi side protested that they were responsible for the reclamation of Ninomaru, however the Tokugawa side, saying that they were just helping because the work was going slowly, went on the reclamation work.

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

Kanji in 当方

  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる
  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた

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