Moto 右: RightKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ウ、ユウ
- Kun'yomi
- みぎ
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 151 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ウ・ユウ)
- 右翼うよくright-wing (politics)
- 左右さゆうleft and right; right and left
- 右派うはright wing
- 極右きょくうfar right (in politics); extreme right
- 右中間うちゅうかんbetween right and center fielders (centre)
- 右傾うけいleaning to the right
- 右岸うがんright bank (of a river)
- 右往左往うおうさおうmoving about in confusion; going every which way
- 右折うせつturning to the right; right turn
- 右方うほうright side
- 右舷うげんstarboard
- 右辺うへんright side (of an equation, expression, etc.); RHS
- 座右ざゆう(by) one's side; nearby location
- 最右翼さいうよくdominant person; preeminent person
- オルタナ右翼オルタナうよくalt-right (ideology)
- ネット右翼ネットうよくonline right-wingers
- 上下左右じょうげさゆうup and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
- 中道右派ちゅうどううはright-of-center faction (group); center-right (centre)
- 二段階右折にだんかいうせつhook turn
- 前後左右ぜんごさゆうin all directions
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 右みぎright; right-hand side
- 右手みぎてright hand
- 右腕みぎうでright arm
- 右側みぎがわright side; right-hand side
- 右クリックみぎクリックright-click
- 右上みぎうえupper right
- 右下みぎしたlower right
- 右利きみぎききright-handedness; right-handed person
- 右四つみぎよつhold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left
- 右左みぎひだりright and left
- 右端みぎはしright end; right edge
- 右足みぎあしright foot
- 上右うえみぎupper right (corner)
- 下右したみぎlower right (corner)
- 右から左へみぎからひだりへfrom right to left; in one ear and out the other
- 右ずれ断層みぎずれだんそうdextral fault; right-lateral fault
- 右づめみぎづめright justification; aligning to the right
- 右といえば左みぎといえばひだりalways contradicting what other people say
- 右と言えば左みぎといえばひだりalways contradicting what other people say
- 右にでるみぎにでるto be superior to
- 右に出るみぎにでるto be superior to
- 右に出るものはないみぎにでるものはないbeing second to none; being in a league of one's own
- 右に出る者はないみぎにでるものはないbeing second to none; being in a league of one's own
- 右に同じみぎにおなじlike he said; same for me
- 右に折れるみぎにおれるto turn to the right
- 右に曲がるみぎにまがるto turn right; to turn to the right
- 右の耳から左の耳みぎのみみからひだりのみみin one ear and out the other
- 右の通りみぎのとおりas above-mentioned
- 右はしみぎはしright end; right edge
- 右ひじみぎひじright elbow
- 右へ倣えみぎへならえfollow the person to your right (command to form a line)
- 右へ習えみぎへならえfollow the person to your right (command to form a line)
- 右まんじみぎまんじright-facing swastika; clockwise swastika
- 右も左もわからないみぎもひだりもわからないbeing unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around
- 右も左も分からないみぎもひだりもわからないbeing unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around
- 右シフトみぎシフトright shift (bitwise, arithmetic)
- 右ハンドルみぎハンドルright hand drive (of cars, etc.)
- 右バッターみぎバッターright-handed batter
- 右フックみぎフックright hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)
Other readings
- 五右衛門風呂ごえもんぶろbath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
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