左右 (さゆう)left and right; right and left; (asserting) control

left and right; right and leftnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
(asserting) control; influence; dominationnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
one's attendants; people accompanying onenoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
(serving at somebody's) sidenoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
equivocationnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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Kanji in 左右

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)
左翼さよくleft-wing (politics)
左派さはleft wing
左腕さわんleft arm
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
右みぎright; right-hand side
右翼うよくright-wing (politics)
右派うはright wing
右手みぎてright hand
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)
右腕みぎうでright arm
右側みぎがわright side; right-hand side

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