西洋 (せいよう)the West; the Occident; Western countries
- the West; the Occident; Western countriesnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 西洋
- 西West; SpainRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
- 洋Ocean; Sea; ForeignRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N4
Words that share its kanji
- 西にしwest
- 西側にしがわwest side; west bank
- 関西かんさいKansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures
- 東西とうざいeast and west
- 大西洋たいせいようAtlantic Ocean
- 西欧せいおうWestern Europe
- 南西なんせいsouthwest
- 西日本にしにほんwestern Japan; Japan west of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. the Chūbu region and westward
- 太平洋たいへいようPacific Ocean
- 東洋とうようthe East; the Orient
- 海洋かいようocean
- 太平洋戦争たいへいようせんそうPacific War (1941-1945)
- 大洋たいようocean
- 洋服ようふくWestern-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
- 洋画ようがWestern painting
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