せいよう
Meanings
Noun
1. the West; the Occident; Western countries
It seems that in this country, as in the West, people give their given name first.
Pitch accent
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いよう
Composed of
Spain
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
Used in vocabulary (59 in total)
western style
Western person; Westerner
Atlantic Ocean
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
Western food; Western cooking; Western cuisine
Western-style; Western-fashioned
Western painting
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Western medicine
Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
Western philosophy
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
history of the Western world
(western) paper
westernization; westernisation
Western cultivar; Western variety; Western breed
A History of Western Philosophy
leek (Allium porrum); chive (Allium schoenoprasum)
European pear (Pyrus communis); common pear
Western language
horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
Western playing cards
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
common juniper (Juniperus communis)
yarrow (Achillea millefolium); milfoil
Western honeybee; European honeybee (Apis mellifera)
silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
English holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius); Western carrot cultivars
medlar (Mespilus germanica); common medlar; Crataegus germanica
Western classical studies; classics
(European) truffle
checkers (board game); draughts
(European) gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)
Eurasian hazel (Corylus avellana)
worship or admiration of Western cultures
sweet cherry (Prunus avium); mazzard
buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima)
buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima)
primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens)
lemon balm (Melissa officinalis); sweet balm
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
Western hydrangea; Hydrangea macrophylla
peppermint (Mentha x piperita)
osier (Salix viminalis)
apple (Malus domestica)
common plum (Prunus domestica); European plum
rapeseed (Brassica napus); rapa; colza
rowan (Sorbus aucuparia); mountain-ash
common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); blue whortleberry; European blueberry; bilberry; whortleberry; blueberry
horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum); conker tree
common ash (Fraxinus excelsior); European ash
common madder (Rubia tinctorum)
Examples (11 in total)
He likes Western culture.
They are much better than Western baths.
Japan needed contact with the Western countries.