Words

Words with 左

Kanji 左, meaning left, appears in 166 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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左書

ひだりがき

writing from left to right (esp. horizontally)

左小括弧

ひだりしょうかっこ

opening parenthesis

左上隅

ひだりうえすみ

top left corner

左上手

ひだりじょうず

left-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)

左心室

さしんしつ

left ventricle

左心縮小術

さしんしゅくしょうじゅつ

reduction left ventriculoplasty

左心補助循環装置

さしんほじょじゅんかんそうち

left ventricular assist device

左心房

さしんぼう

left atrium

左腎

さじん

left kidney

左図

さず

the left figure (diagram, illustration, chart, graph, etc.)

左折可

させつか

left turn permissible

左折禁止

させつきんし

no left turn

左折車

させつしゃ

vehicle turning left

左旋性

させんせい

levorotatory

左旋糖

させんとう

levulose

左前になる

ひだりまえになる

to go downhill (e.g. for one's business)

左側通行

ひだりがわつうこう

driving on the left side of the road

左揃え

ひだりそろえ

left alignment

左打ち

ひだりうち

hitting left-handed (with a racket, bat, etc.)

左打者

ひだりだしゃ

left-handed batter

左大括弧

ひだりだいかっこ

opening (square) bracket

左大臣

さだいじん

Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

左端

さたん

left end

左中括弧

ひだりちゅうかっこ

opening brace

左中間

さちゅうかん

between left and center fielders (centre)

左直

さちょく

left liner

左程

さほど

(not) so

左投げ

ひだりなげ

left-handed pitching

左脳

さのう

left brain

左派系

さはけい

left faction

左馬

ひだりうま

mirrored version of the kanji character "uma" (usu. depicted on a shogi piece; considered auspicious)

左半身

ひだりはんしん

left half of the body

左表

さひょう

chart at the left

左払い

ひだりはらい

in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

左辺値

さへんち

left side value (of an equation)

左弁官

さべんかん

Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs; ritsuryō system)

左方の楽

さほうのがく

style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance

左方端

さほうたん

left hand edge

左方唐楽

さほうとうがく

style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance

左房

さぼう

left atrium

左目

ひだりめ

left eye

左翼に走る

さよくにはしる

to turn leftist

左翼系

さよくけい

left-leaning

左翼手

さよくしゅ

left fielder

左翼党

さよくとう

left-wing party

左隣

ひだりどなり

neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)

左腕投手

さわんとうしゅ

left-handed baseball pitcher

左袒

さたん

friendship

左褄

ひだりづま

geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono)

左褄を取る

ひだりづまをとる

to become a geisha

座左の銘

ざさのめい

favourite motto

最左

さいさ

left-most

最左端

さいさたん

high order end

最左翼

さいさよく

ultra-left

三毬杖

さぎちょう

burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

捨て左折

すてさせつ

(taking a) left turn to get out of a lane or road with heavy traffic as a shortcut

春秋左氏伝

しゅんじゅうさしでん

Zuo zhuan (c. 4th century BC)

証左

しょうさ

witness

上下左右

じょうげさゆう

up and down, left and right

上左

うえひだり

upper left (corner)

新左翼

しんさよく

the new left (school of thought)

前後左右

ぜんごさゆう

in all directions

中道左派

ちゅうどうさは

left-of-center faction (group)

土左衛門

どざえもん

drowned body of a person

同左

どうさ

same as on the left