JLPT N1 · Noun

他方 (tahou)

他方 (たほう, tahou) is a Japanese noun meaning “one (esp. of two); the other”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たほう
Romaji: tahou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction · noun, noun taking の
on the other hand · conjunction

Example sentences

どちらかが他方よりいい、というのではない。

One way is not better than the other.

Tatoeba #200821

その仕事はあまりおもしろくなかったが、他方で報酬が良かった。

That job was not very interesting, but on the other hand it was well paid.

Tatoeba #210393

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 他方

他

other, another, the othersタ・ほか · 5 strokes

方

direction, person, alternativeホウ・かた・-かた · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 他方.

他たother (esp. people and abstract matters)他ほかanother place他人たにんanother personその他そのほかthe rest他動詞たどうしtransitive verb方かたdirection夕方ゆうがたearly evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm)仕方しかたway両方りょうほうboth方ほうdirection一方いっぽうone (esp. of two)方々かたがたpeople味方みかたfriend地方ちほうdistrict

Source: JMdict entry 1407370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.