east and west;  Orient and Occident;  East and West
 western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
 western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
 West Germany (1949-1990);  Federal Republic of Germany
 western citadel;  west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
 taking a western route;  west circuit;  travelling the globe westwards;  going from east to west
 western hemisphere;  the Occident
 Nishijin silk fabrics;  Nishijin brocade
 western side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
 mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
 European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)
 common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
 Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
 Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
 long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
 western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
 Caspian plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
 collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola);  common pratincole
 twilight;  western evening sky
 East is East, and West is West