How to say "southeast" in Japanese

• 南東なんとうCommon
  no-adjectiveThe everyday word for the compass direction southeast, used for wind, weather, geography and giving directions; when you simply need to say 'southeast', this is the word to reach for.
  ディールはイングランド南東部なんとうぶの、ロンドンからおよそ１１０キロ離はなれた地点ちてんにあります。↗

  Deal is in the southeast of England, about 110 kilometers away from London.
• 辰巳たつみ
  nounThe traditional zodiac-based name for southeast, formed from the signs 辰 and 巳; less common than 南東, it is met with mainly in historical and traditional contexts rather than in everyday speech.
• 巽位そんい
  nounA technical term for the southeast position in the traditional eight-trigram system of directions; it belongs to divination and geomancy, and is seldom the word you want for the plain direction.

Use 南東 for the ordinary compass direction; 辰巳 is the traditional zodiac-based name for the same direction, and 巽位 is a technical term for the southeast position in traditional directional divination.

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• 南東なんとうsoutheast
• 辰巳たつみsoutheast
• 巽位そんいsoutheast