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方位ほうい (houi)

bearing; direction

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Meaning

方位 (ほうい, houi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “bearing; direction”.

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Example sentences 7

船乗ふなのりは星ほしで方位ほういが分わかります

Sailors can get their bearings from the stars.

日本にっぽんは全ぜん方位ほういを海うみに囲かこまれた国くにだ。

Japan is a country that is surrounded on all sides by the ocean.

しかしこの方位ほうい磁石じしゃくはどこにありますか。

But where is this compass?

しかし方位ほうい磁石じしゃくは頭あたまにはなくからだの中なかにあった。

But the compass was not in the head, it was in the body.

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