洋

Meaning

洋 centers on a vast body of water: the ocean or sea. The meanings 'foreign' and 'Western style' extend from the idea of things coming from across the sea.

• 西洋せいよう
  N4

  the West; the Occident; Western countries

• 洋服ようふく
  N5

  Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

• 太平洋たいへいよう

  Pacific Ocean

• 東洋とうよう
  N2

  the East; the Orient; (East) Asia

• 海洋かいよう
  N2

  ocean; sea

• 洋楽ようがく

  Western music; European music

• 洋画ようが
  N1

  Western painting

• 太平洋戦争たいへいようせんそう

  Pacific War (1941-1945)

• 洋式ようしき
  N1

  Western-style; foreign

• 洋食ようしょく
  N3

  Western food; Western dish; Western cooking

• 洋風ようふう
  N2

  Western style

• 大洋たいよう

  ocean

• 洋書ようしょ
  N1

  Western book

• 洋上ようじょう

  on the sea; on the ocean; offshore

• 外洋がいよう

  open sea; ocean

• 洋酒ようしゅ
  N1

  Western wine and spirits; Western liquor

• 洋裁ようさい
  N1

  (Western) dressmaking

• 洋室ようしつ
  N1

  Western-style room

• 和洋折衷わようせっちゅう

  blending of Japanese and Western styles

• 大西洋たいせいよう

  Atlantic Ocean

• 南氷洋なんひょうよう

  Antarctic Ocean

• 洋間ようま
  N1

  Western-style room

• 西洋人せいようじん
  N1

  Western person; Westerner

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