JLPT N2 · Noun

方面 (houmen)

方面 (ほうめん, houmen) is a Japanese noun meaning “direction; district”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほうめん
Romaji: houmen
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

direction; district; area · noun, suffix noun
field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter; aspect; angle · noun

Example sentences

２５号線北方面の入り口付近にいます。

I'm near the on ramp to 25 north.

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

Kanji in 方面

方

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

面

mask, face, featuresメン・ベン・おも・おもて · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 方面.

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方向ほうこうdirection方法ほうほうmethod方々ほうぼうhere and there方角ほうがくdirection方言ほうげんdialect

Source: JMdict entry 1517100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.