地方 – Vocabulary details

地ち方ほう

Meanings

Noun

1. district; region; area; locality

ただ、地ち方ほうによってルールが違ちがう。However, the rules differ by region.

2. the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area

地ち方ほうでは若わか者ものが減へっている。The number of young people in rural areas is falling.

3. civilian society

Imperial Japanese Army jargon

Kanji used

地

ground

方

way

Pitch accent

ち

ほう

ち

ほ

う

Used in: 2624

Composed of

地ち

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

方ほう

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

Used in vocabulary (78 in total)

地ち方ほう都と市し

provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities

地ち方ほう裁さい判ばん所しょ

district court; local court

関かん東とう地ち方ほう

Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)

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Examples (38 in total)

地ち方ほうでは若わか者ものが減へっている。

The number of young people in rural areas is falling.

様さま々ざまな地ち方ほうの人ひとを相あい手てにする。

I deal with people from various regions.

確たしかに地ち方ほうのお客きゃくさんってゆったりしていますよね。

It's true that customers out in the provinces are laid-back, aren't they?