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方面 (ほうめん): direction; area — Japanese vocabulary

方面 is read ほうめん and means "direction; area". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

方面

Reading
ほうめん · houmen
Translation
direction; area
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ほうめんが

Example

最近医学の方面でどんどんめざましい進歩がみられる。

さいきんいがくのほうめんでどんどんめざましいしんぽがみられる。

Rapid and remarkable advances have been made in medicine.

Kanji in this word

  • 方 — direction, person
  • 面 — face, surface

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