Words
Words with 方
Kanji 方, meaning direction, appears in 917 Japanese vocabulary entries.
中国地方
ちゅうごくちほう
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
中部地方
ちゅうぶちほう
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
天文方
てんもんかた
Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.