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風上かざかみ (kazakami)

upwind; windward

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風上 (かざかみ, kazakami) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “upwind; windward”.

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風上かざかみの方向ほうこうに自転車じてんしゃをこぐのは大変たいへんだ

It is hard work cycling against the wind.

教師の風上にも置けぬやつだ.

He is an absolute disgrace [insult] to the teaching profession.

その帆船はぐるりと[風上へ]針路を転じた.

The sailboat hauled round [into the wind].

そして風上に向かってまた止まった。

and brought up once more dead in the wind's eye.

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