noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Standard compass direction. Can be used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.
風は北西から吹いている。
The wind is blowing from the northwest.
北西の方向に進んでください。
Please proceed in a northwest direction.
Compound of 北 (north) and 西 (west), following the traditional East Asian order of directions.