南部|なんぶnanbu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounsouthern part; the south (of a region)
    南部なんぶの州しゅうへ冬期とうきに旅行りょこうすると、今こん旅行りょこうするよりも料金りょうきんが高たかくなります。↗
    Traveling to the southern states during the winter will be costlier than it is now.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym南方なんぽうNeutral「南方」 points to the direction south, as in 「南方戦線」, and can also mean lands to the south such as Southeast Asia; 「南部」 is the southern part of a given region.
  • Synonym南部地方Neutral「南部地方」 refers to the southern region; it means the same as 「南部」 but makes the area itself explicit.
  • Antonym北部ほくぶNeutral「北部」 is the northern part of a region, the opposite of 「南部」 when locating an area north or south.

Use 「南部」 for the southern part of a region, as in 「九州南部」 and 「アメリカ南部」. For the direction south, say 「南方」; 「南部地方」 stresses the area itself, and 「北部」 is the opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 南みなみの方ほうの部分ぶぶん。
  2. 日本人にほんじんの姓せいのひとつ。
  3. 青森県あおもりけん南部なんぶ、岩手いわて県北けんほく・中部ちゅうぶなどを指さす地域ちいき名めい。南部なんぶ地方ちほう。その地域ちいきの領主りょうしゅであった南部なんぶ氏しに由来ゆらい。
  4. アメリカ合衆国あめりかがっしゅうこく南部なんぶ、ロッキー山脈さんみゃく以東いとうのアメリカ合衆国あめりかがっしゅうこく南部なんぶ地域ちいきで、主おもに南北なんぼく戦争せんそうでアメリカ連合国れんごうこくを構成こうせいした州しゅうを指さす。cf.西部せいぶ
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