北

Selected Good Words to Memorize

• 北 きた the north
• 北部 ほくぶ northern part
• 北海道 ほっかいどう Hokkaido
• 南北 なんぼく north and south
• 北京 ペキン Beijing

Selected Words with Definitions from WWWJDIC

• 北 きた North (n) ****
• 北京 ぺきん Beijing (China) (n) ***
• 南北 なんぼく south and north (n) **
• 北方 ほっぽう northern (district); northward (n) **
• 東北 とうほく (1) north-east; (2) Northern most six prefectures of Honshu (n) **
• 北部 ほくぶ north; northern part (n) **
• 敗北 はいぼく defeat (as a verb it means 'to be defeated') (n,vs) **
• 北東 ほくとう northeast (n) **
• 北西 ほくせい northwest (n) *
• 北陸 ほくりく region west of Tokyo on Japan Sea side of Japan (n) *