Word Meaning 方違え所

かたたがえどころ katatagaedokoro

方違え所 is read as かたたがえどころ (katatagaedokoro) and means place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction.

Meaning

English

  1. place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction

Reading

Kana

かたたがえどころ

Romaji

katatagaedokoro

Writing Variants

  • 方違へ所 かたたがへどころ katataga he dokoro

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 88165 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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方違い

かたたがい

setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)

方違え

かたたがえ

setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)

地方裁判所

ちほうさいばんしょ

district court

違法所持

いほうしょじ

illegal possession

方法

ほうほう

method

方向

ほうこう

course (e.g. of action)

方面

ほうめん

direction

方位

ほうい

bearing

方程式

ほうていしき

equation

方式

ほうしき

form

方法論

ほうほうろん

methodology

方形

ほうけい

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