west

west side

western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

west coast

west entrance

west wind

westering sun

facing west

West Asia

West Germany (1949-1990)

Nishijin silk fabrics

taking a western route ②traveling the globe westwards

west of

West Africa

Western Europe

western citadel

West Indies

due west

westerly

western hemisphere

east and west ②Orient and Occident ③ladies and gentlemen!

Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures) ②Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

Kansai dialect

person from the Kansai region

all times and places

east, west, south and north

going west

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) ②western nations (esp. India or Europe) ③thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara) ④pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

western capital

the Great Saigo

Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)

saikyo-yaki

saikyo-zuke

Kansai area

Josai University

Tōzai Line

Ban'etsu West Line

town crier

Kansai horse

in all parts of the world

Common Era ②Western (Gregorian) calendar

northwest

western part ②the West (United States)

the West

southwest

western direction ②Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise) ③western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

north-west

westward trip

Atlantic Ocean

Western (film genre)

north-northwest

south-west

flowing west (e.g. of a river)

Seibu ②Seibu (conglomerate: stores, railway, etc.) ③Saitama Seibu Lions (abbr)

Western Europe ②the West

south-southwest

Western medicine

Western affectations

Xi'an (China)

western style

seedless watermelon

westerly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox

pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

west wind tile ②winning hand with a pung (or kong) of west wind tiles