西（にし）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: west
Etymology
Loanword from Chinese “xī”.
Example sentences
- 夕方、太陽は西に沈む。 — The sun sets in the west in the evening.
- 駅の西口で待ち合わせをした。 — We arranged to meet at the west exit of the station.
Idioms & proverbs containing “西”
- 東は東西は西 (ひがしはひがしにしはにし) — East is East, and West is West
- 古今東西 (ここんとうざい) — all times and places; all ages and countries
- 東西南北 (とうざいなんぼく) — east, west, south and north
- 東奔西走 (とうほんせいそう) — busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
- 西方浄土 (さいほうじょうど) — Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)
- 東夷西戎 (とういせいじゅう) — barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
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