Moto 左: LeftKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サ、シャ
- Kun'yomi
- ひだり
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 169 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サ・シャ)
- 左翼さよくleft-wing (politics)
- 左右さゆうleft and right; right and left
- 左派さはleft wing
- 左腕さわんleft arm
- 左記さきundermentioned (statement); the following
- 右往左往うおうさおうmoving about in confusion; going every which way
- 左官さかんplasterer
- 左岸さがんleft bank (of a river)
- 左折させつturning to the left; left turn
- 左方さほうleft side
- 左様ならさようならfarewell; adieu
- 左舷さげんport (left side of vessel)
- 左辺さへんleft side (of an equation, expression, etc.); LHS
- 左遷させんdemotion; relegation
- 極左きょくさextreme left; ultraleft
- ことほど左様にことほどさようにso ... that ...; to that extent
- こと程左様にことほどさようにso ... that ...; to that extent
- 上下左右じょうげさゆうup and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
- 中道左派ちゅうどうさはleft-of-center faction (group)
- 事ほど左様にことほどさようにso ... that ...; to that extent
- 事程左様にことほどさようにso ... that ...; to that extent
- 前後左右ぜんごさゆうin all directions
- 右左折うさせつright and left turning (esp. in a motor vehicle)
- 右顧左眄うこさべんinability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation
- 土左衛門どざえもんdrowned body of a person
- 左の通りさのとおりas following
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 左ひだりleft; left hand side
- 向かって左むかってひだりon the left as one faces (it)
- 左前ひだりまえwearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
- 左手ひだりてleft hand
- 左側ひだりがわleft side; left-hand side
- 右左みぎひだりright and left
- 左上ひだりうえupper left
- 左党ひだりとうdrinker; person who is fond of alcohol
- 左利きひだりききleft-handedness; left-handed person
- 左四つひだりよつhold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
- 左足ひだりあしleft foot
- マウスの左ボタンマウスのひだりボタンleft mouse button
- 上左うえひだりupper left (corner)
- 下左したひだりlower left (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
- 同左どうひだりsame as on the left
- 左うちわひだりうちわease and comfort
- 左ずれ断層ひだりずれだんそうsinistral fault; left-lateral fault
- 左づめひだりづめleft justification; aligning to the left
- 左に折れるひだりにおれるto turn to the left
- 左に曲がるひだりにまがるto turn left; to turn to the left
- 左のような理由ひだりのようなりゆうthe reason(s) is (are) as follows
- 左のような訳ひだりのようなわけthe reason(s) is (are) as follows
- 左はしひだりはしleft end; left edge
- 左まんじひだりまんじleft-facing swastika; counterclockwise swastika
- 左クリックひだりクリックleft-click
- 左シフトひだりシフトleft shift (bitwise, arithmetic)
- 左ハンドルひだりハンドルleft hand drive (of cars, etc.)
- 左バッターひだりバッターleft-handed batter
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