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Meaning of 北方(ほっぽう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 北方

Kana Reading ほっぽう

Romaji hoppō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`

Meaning

northern (district); northward

Examples of 北方, ほっぽう in a sentence

北海道は仙台の北方にある。

Hokkaido is to the north of Sendai.
船は北方に進路をとった。

The ship struck northward.

Related Kanji

北 JLPT 5

5 strokes

north

On'Yomi: ホク

Kun'Yomi: きた

方 JLPT 4

4 strokes

direction, person, alternative

On'Yomi: ホウ

Kun'Yomi: かた, -かた, -がた