No. 787 in Japanese
方向
Direction; orientation.
In a sentence
私は新しい方向に進むことを決めました。
I decided to move in a new direction.
In this sentence, '方向' means a direction or course of action one decides to take in life or a situation.
この道の右側が東京に行く方向です。
The right side of this road is the direction leading to Tokyo.
Here, '方向' refers to the physical direction or path toward a specific destination.
風向きが変わって、北の方向から吹いています。
The wind has changed and is now blowing from the north direction.
In this context, '方向' is used to describe the direction of an environmental factor like wind.
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