右|みぎmigi[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N5approx.Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjectiveright; right-hand side
    2つ目めの角かどを右みぎに曲まがりなさい。↗
    Turn right at the second corner.
  2. nounright hand
  3. no-adjectivethe above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned
  4. nounthe right (wing); rightist
  5. nounthe better (of two)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym右側みぎがわNeutralThe right-hand side, emphasizing the spatial extent, as in 「右側通行」; 「右」 can also mean the right hand or the above in vertical writing.
  • Synonym馬手めてWrittenA written/formal prose word: originally the reins-holding hand, i.e. the right hand; also the right side. Found in classical texts; in kyūdō, the drawing hand. Say 「右手」.
  • Related右手みぎてNeutralThe right hand, or the direction on the right, as in 「右手に見える建物」; much used for giving directions and in guides.
  • Related右寄りみぎよりNeutralLeans to the right in position or political stance, as in 「右寄りの思想」; expresses a tendency rather than the direction itself.
  • Antonym左ひだりNeutralThe opposite of 「右」 in direction: the left side, the left hand, also the political left.

For direction or position, 「右」 is the default choice. Use 「右側」 to emphasize that side, 「右手」 for the hand or when giving directions, and 「右寄り」 for a right-leaning political stance.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 人ひとが東ひがしを向むいたときに南みなみにあたる側がわ。また、動物どうぶつ・人形にんぎょう・乗り物のりものなどについて、その正面しょうめんの向むきや進行しんこう方向ほうこうが東ひがしのときに南みなみにあたる側がわ。
  2. 話し手はなしてや聞き手ききてなど視点してんとなる人ひとにとって、自分じぶんの右みぎ(語義ごぎ1)にあたる側がわ。また、その方向ほうこう。語義ごぎ1と紛まぎらわしい場合ばあいに「向むかって右みぎ」「誰々だれだれから見みて右みぎ」と言いうことがある。
  3. よりすぐれたものの座ざする位置いち(座ざを観みる側がわからの視点してんにおいて)。
  4. 漸進的ぜんしんてきな思想しそう、立場たちば。とくに、革命的かくめいてき・革新的かくしんてき・進歩的しんぽてきな思想しそう、立場たちばと対比たいひするとき。右翼うよく、右派うは、保守派ほしゅは、守旧しゅきゅう派は、極右きょくう、右寄みぎより。
  5. 縦書たてがきの文書ぶんしょにおいて、すでに記述きじゅつしたこと。前述ぜんじゅつ、上述じょうじゅつ。
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