にし

See also: にじ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of にし – see the following entries.

【西】2

[noun] [from 770] west (one of the four cardinal directions)

[noun] the West

[noun] [from 712] the west wind, wind blowing from the west

[noun] (theater) in kabuki:

[noun] [from 1688] the left side of the stage in the Edo-style

[noun] [from 1688] the right side of the stage in Kyoto and Osaka styles

[noun] [date uncertain] (sumo) lower-ranked wrestlers listed on the left side of a banzuke

[noun] [from 1885] the West; (later, more specifically) the capitalist states of the West (originally western Europe, as opposed to Eastern Bloc countries)

[proper noun] (Buddhism) Synonym of 西方浄土 (Saihō Jōdo): the western paradise of Amitabha Buddha

[proper noun] (Buddhism) Short for 西本願寺 (Nishi Hongan-ji): a Buddhist temple in Kyoto

[proper noun] (historical) a red-light district in Edo-period Shinjuku (as it was located west of Edo Castle)

[proper noun] a place name, especially the name of various wards in major cities throughout Japan

[proper noun] a surname

【螺】J	[noun] (rare) certain shellfish with a spiral shell

(This term, にし, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as にし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as にし.)

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