左翼 (さよく)left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank

left-wing (politics)noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flanknoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
left fieldnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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Kanji in 左翼

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)
左右さゆうleft and right; right and left
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
右翼うよくright-wing (politics)
翼つばさwing
一翼いちよくone wing
両翼りょうよくboth wings; both flanks
主翼しゅよくmain wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)
尾翼びよくtail (of an aircraft); empennage
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)

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