左

Meaning

左 centers on the direction or side that is opposite to right: left. It is used for spatial orientation and can extend to political or social left-leaning contexts.

• 左ひだり
  N5

  left; left-hand side

• 左右さゆう
  N3

  left and right; right and left

• 左手ひだりて
  N1

  left hand

• 左側ひだりがわ
  N1

  left side; left-hand side

• 左翼さよく
  N1

  left wing

• 左派さは

  left wing

• 左上ひだりうえ

  upper left

• 左足ひだりあし

  left foot

• 左利きひだりきき
  N1

  left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander

• 左下ひだりした

  lower left

• 左折させつ

  turning to the left; left turn

• 左腕ひだりうで

  left arm

• 左目ひだりめ

  left eye

• 左肩ひだりかた

  left shoulder

• 左遷させん
  N1

  demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

• 左端ひだりはし

  left end; left edge

• 左舷さげん

  port (left side of vessel)

• 極左きょくさ

  far left (in politics); extreme left; ultraleft; radical left

• 右往左往うおうさおう
  N1

  moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

• 左脳さのう

  left brain

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