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右側 (みぎがわ, migigawa) Japanese meaning: right side | Kotomora
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Please enter through the door on the right side.
Please write your name on the right-hand side of the paper.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 右みぎ 側がわ に 〈 物もの 〉 がある there is X on the right side of Y
There's a bank on the right side of the post office.
右みぎ 側がわ を 歩ある く to walk on the right side
Pedestrians often walk on the right side.
右みぎ 側がわ に 寄よ る to move over to the right side
The car pulled over to the right side and stopped.
右みぎ 側がわ から 〈 物もの 〉 が 来く る for something to approach from the right side
A bicycle came from the right side, so I dodged out of the way.
Related words 右側 refers explicitly to the right side of an object, space, or layout, while 右手 literally means 'right hand' but is also used to mean 'to the right' in a more direction-based, often literary sense.
右側 is the common, everyday word for 'right side', whereas 右方 sounds more formal or literary.
右側 explicitly means 'the right side,' whereas 右 alone can mean the direction, side, hand, or other extended senses.
Etymology A transparent compound of 右 meaning 'right' and 側 meaning 'side.' The common reading みぎがわ uses native-style readings, while うそく is an alternate Sino-Japanese-style reading.
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Mixed kanji-kana form marked search-only; use 右側 in normal writing.
