Meaning of way in Japanese
Definition of way
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(n) manner of doing; way; method; means
これが僕のやり方だ。
This is how I go about it.
- (n) way; course; the only way
- (n) method; way
- (n) way; method; means; resource; remedy
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(technical) specification
仕様、価格は変更することがあります。
Specifications and price are subject to change.
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(n) hand; arm
こちらに来るように手で合図した。
I made motions at him to come here with my hand. - forepaw; foreleg
- handle
- hand; worker; help
- trouble; care; effort
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means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
いい手を思いついた。
I hit upon a good idea. - hand; handwriting
- kind; type; sort
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one's hands; one's possession
本は現在誰の手にも入る。
Books are now within the reach of everybody. -
ability to cope
あいつらには手が負えない。
They are out of hand. -
hand (of cards)
いい手が配られた。
I was dealt a good hand. - direction
- (n, n-suf, ctr) move (in go, shogi, etc.)
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(n) means; way; measure
全ての手段が試みられたわけではない。
Every means has not been tried.
- (n) way; method; means
- (n) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm
- vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack
- condition; state of health
- impetus; spur of the moment; strain
- trend
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(n-adv, n) avenue; street; way; road
それは２通りに解釈できる。
That reads two different ways. -
coming and going; street traffic
１人の生徒がベイスン通りで車にひかれた。
A student was run over by a car on Basin Street. - flow (of water, air, etc.)
- transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
- fame; reputation; popularity
- the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said)
- understanding; comprehension
- (ctr) counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types
- (n) legend; tradition
- biography; life
- method; way
- horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
- (n) way; destination; reason
- (n) road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
- distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways")
- the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals
- teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
- field (of medicine, etc.); subject
- way; method; means
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(n) distance; journey; itinerary
そこまでだいぶ道のりがあります。
You have to walk a long way to get there. -
way; process
近代医学の進歩は長い道程を歩んだ。
The advancement of modern medicine was a long process.
- (n) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
- side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
- type; category
- field (of study, etc.)
- indicates one side of a comparison
- way; method; manner; means
- length (of each side of a square)
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(n) direction; way; compass point
その物体は光を放ちながら南の方角へ飛んで行った。
The object flew away to the south, giving out flashes of light.
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(n) direction; orientation; bearing; way
チーズの棚はどちらの方向にありますか。
Which way is the cheese shelf? - course (e.g. of action)
- (n) way; means
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(n) method; process; manner; way; means; technique
これが、私が英語を勉強した方法だ。
This is how I learned English.
- (n) way; method; means; resource; course
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(n) (on the) road; (on the) way
路上の血痕は俺のものに違いない。
The blood on the road must be mine.
- (n) way; method
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(n) way; method
実業家として成功なさったやり口を教えてください。
Tell me about your successes in business.
- (n) something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means
- someone to rely on; relative
- reminder; memento
- (n) way
- (n) way; method
- (n) road
- way
- Buddhist teachings
- Taoism
- modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
- historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
- province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- province (modern administrative region of Korea)
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(n) route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere)
少女は親切に博物館へ行く行き道を教えてくれた。
The girl kindly told me the way to the museum.
- (n) practising law
- legal processes in running a country
- method; way; means
- magic
Words related to way
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(n) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction
こちらへやってくる少年とその犬をごらんなさい。
Look at the boy and his dog that are coming this way. -
here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
塩をこちらへ取ってもらえますか。
Could you pass me the salt, please? -
this one (something physically close to the speaker)
こちらの方がこちらより値段が高い。
This costs more than that. -
(pn, adj-no) I; me; we; us
こちらアヤ、こちらアヤ、応答お願いします。
This is Aya, this is Aya. Please respond. -
this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)
叔母さん、こちらはトム君です。
Aunt, this is Tom.
- (adv) continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way
- much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
- far away; long ago
- direct; straight
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(pn, adj-no) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener)
そちらはセントラル自動車学校ではないんですか。
Isn't this Central Driving School? -
there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener)
そっちの生活はどうだい？
How are things for you up there? -
that one (something close to the listener)
これとそちらとの違いは何だい。
What is the difference between this and that? -
you; your family
そちらの条件を受け入れましょう。
We will accept your conditions. - that person (someone close to the listener)
