Word Meaning 西洋

せいよう seiyou

西洋 is read as せいよう (seiyou) and means the West.

Meaning

English

  1. the West
  2. the Occident
  3. Western countries

Reading

Kana

せいよう

Romaji

seiyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 東洋 Rank 5403 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

西部インド洋

せいぶいんどよう

Western Indian Ocean

西洋人

せいようじん

Western person

西洋文明

せいようぶんめい

Western civilization

西洋料理

せいようりょうり

Western food

西洋医学

せいよういがく

Western medicine

西洋画

せいようが

Western painting

西洋語

せいようご

Western language

大西洋

たいせいよう

Atlantic Ocean

北大西洋

きたたいせいよう

North Atlantic

西洋式

せいようしき

western style or fashion

西洋古典学

せいようこてんがく

Western classical studies

西洋実桜

せいようみざくら

sweet cherry (Prunus avium)

Example Sentences

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ちちはせいようのれきしにきょうみがある。

My father is interested in Western history.

とうようとせいようではかんがえかたがすこしちがう。

Ways of thinking differ a little between the East and the West.

We flew across the Atlantic.

Yukichi Fukuzawa introduced Western ideas into Japan.

Japan needed contact with the Western countries.

Greece was the cradle of western civilization.

They are much better than Western baths.

The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.

Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic.

Westerners, in general, prefer to avoid such topics unless the other person brings them up.