北きたの方かた

noun

north; northern direction

Refers to the direction north or the northern area. The reading きたのほう is also used but less common.

• 駅えきの北きたの方かたに公こう園えんがあります。

  There is a park to the north of the station.

noun

wife of a nobleman; lady

Only with reading きたのかた

Historical honorific term for the legal wife of a high-ranking noble, especially in the Heian period. Only read きたのかた.

• 源げん氏じ物もの語がたりでは、北きたの方かたが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

  In The Tale of Genji, the lady of the north plays an important role.