左

Vocabulary (12)

• 左手の法則

  ひだりてのほうそく

  (Fleming's) left-hand rule

• 捨て左折

  すてさせつ

  (taking a) left turn to get out of a lane or road with heavy traffic as a shortcut

• 左大臣

  さだいじん

  Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

• 左弁官

  さべんかん

  Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs; ritsuryō system)

• 右といえば左

  みぎといえばひだり

  always contradicting what other people say

• 左の通り

  さのとおり

  as following

• 左中間

  さちゅうかん

  between left and center fielders (centre)

• 左右対称

  さゆうたいしょう

  bilateral symmetry

• 左下隅

  ひだりしたすみ

  bottom left corner

• 三毬杖

  さぎちょう

  burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

• 左表

  さひょう

  chart at the left

• 左近の桜

  さこんのさくら

  cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)