西|にしnishi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounwest
   列車れっしゃは西にしへ走はしっていた。↗

   The train was hurrying west.

• Synonym西方せいほうWrittenWritten, formal prose for the west. In Buddhism it means the Western Pure Land; in sumo, the western-side wrestler.
• Related真西まにしNeutralDue west: the direction exactly west, neither north nor south of it. The emphasis is on precision, unlike the looser 「西」.
• Antonym東ひがしNeutralThe antonym of 「西」: east, the direction opposite to it.

Use 「西」 for west in everyday contexts. Pick 「真西」 for due west with no deviation, and 「西方」 in written prose or Buddhist and sumo contexts (the Western Pure Land, the western wrestler). 「東」 is the opposite, east.

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1. にし。北きたから反時計回はんとけいまわりに90度ど回転かいてんした方向ほうこう。おおまかに太陽たいようの沈しずむ方角ほうがく。
2. （にし）日本人にほんじんの姓せいのひとつ。