南方|なんぽうnanpou[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivethe south; southward; southern direction
   私の故郷こきょうの町まちはニューヨークの南方なんぽう１０マイルのところにある。↗

   My home town lies 10 miles south of New York.
2. nouncountries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

• Synonym南みなみNeutralThe everyday word for the direction south, with the widest range of uses; 「南方」 is a written Sino-Japanese word that also covers southern lands such as Southeast Asia.
• Synonym南部なんぶNeutralThe southern part of a specific region, as in 「九州南部」; 「南方」 leans toward the direction itself or the southern countries.
• Antonym北方ほっぽうNeutralThe north or north side; opposite to 「南方」 in direction.

Use 「南方」 for the southern direction or for southern lands, as in 「南方戦線」; for the everyday direction say 「南」, for the south of a region 「南部」; the opposite is 「北方」.

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1. 南みなみの方角ほうがく。