北ほっ方ぽう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

north; northward; northern direction

Refers to the cardinal direction north or a bearing toward the north. Often used in formal, geographic, or navigational contexts.

The ship sailed northward.

北ほっ方ぽうの空そらにオーロラが見みえた。

We saw the aurora in the northern sky.

2

northern part; northern district

Refers to the northern area or region of a country, territory, or defined space. Common in political and geographical descriptions.

〈場ば所しょ〉の北ほっ方ぽうに位い置ちするto be located to the north of a place
この村むらは東とう京きょうの北ほっ方ぽうに位い置ちしている。
This village is located to the north of Tokyo.
〈場ば所しょ〉から北ほっ方ぽうへ進すすむto head north from a place
船ふねは港みなとから北ほっ方ぽうへ進すすんだ。
The ship headed north from the port.

北ほく部ぶN1sense 2
北部 is the common, everyday word for the northern part of a country or region, while 北方 sounds more formal and is often used in geographic or official contexts.
北きたN5sense 1
北 is the plain, basic word for the direction north, whereas 北方 is a more formal or literary way of referring to the northward direction.

南なん方ぽう sense 1
南方 refers to the southern direction or region, the direct opposite of 北方's northern sense.

Compound of 北 (north) and 方 (direction/region). The reading ほっぽう is a regular sound change from ほくほう.