noun, takes genitive case の

  1. one (esp. of two), the other, one way, the other way, one direction, the other direction, one side, the other side, one party, the other party.

conjunction

  1. on the other hand.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
他方 たほう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

other, another, the others
タ ほか (3rd, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
to be (classical)
ヤ なり エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ メ やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)