片かたや

expression

on the one hand; on one side

Used in the pattern 片や...片や... to contrast two things or situations. Often appears in formal or written contexts.

• 片かたや彼かれは医い者しゃになり、片かたや彼かの女じょは教きょう師しになった。

  On the one hand he became a doctor, and on the other she became a teacher.

• 片かたや都と会かいの喧けん騒そう、片かたや田舎いなかの静しずけさ。

  On one side the hustle and bustle of the city, on the other the quiet of the countryside.