Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 西洋(せいよう) in Japanese

西洋
JLPT 4
Kana Reading
せいよう
Romaji
seiyō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    the west; Western countries
    Example sentence
    福沢諭吉は日本西洋思想広めた Yukichi Fukuzawa introduced Western ideas into Japan.

Examples of 西洋, せいよう in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 4

9 strokes

ocean, western style

On'Yomi: ヨウ

Kun'Yomi:

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西 JLPT 5

6 strokes

west, Spain

On'Yomi: セイ, サイ, ス

Kun'Yomi: にし

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