かた
Meanings
Noun
1. direction; way
also ほう
2. person; lady; gentleman
Noun
Suffix
3. method of; manner of; way of
Suffix
4. care of ...
5. person in charge of ...
also がた
6. side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
also がた
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (125 in total)
way; method; means; resource; course
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
since; this person
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
lady; gentleman; person
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
that person
trace; vestige; evidence
one person; ordinary; common
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
way; method; means; resource; course
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
trace; vestige; evidence
way (of going); route; way (of doing); method
way; method; means; resource; course
packhorse driver
undoubtedly; unmistakably; definitely
way of calling
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
way of asking; way of listening; listener
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
way of cooking; a cook
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
(noh) musician; orchestra leader
undoubtedly; unmistakably; definitely
kitchen manager; chef; cook
way of living
way of taking (a pill); way of drinking
style of building; construction; recipe; how to grow (something)
way one walks; one's walk
attitude; approach; move; theater usher; theatre usher
it cannot be helped; there is no other way
weight
creditor; lender; credit side (of the ledger); method of lending
way of assembling; way of constructing; way of putting together
way of talking; speaking style
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
way of standing; dancer (in a Japanese dance performance)
way (of going); route; way (of doing); method
undoubtedly; unmistakably; definitely
how to manage (e.g. case); how to handle (e.g. machine); way with (e.g. children, animal)
previously; some time ago
method of bringing up; method of raising
way of thinking
the way something ought to be; the (current) state of things; how things are
buyer; purchaser; method of buying
propman; sceneshifter
theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher)
method of teaching
ways of sitting
origami instructions
method of earning; way of earning
other party; other side
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
work style; way of working
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
presentation techniques; way of showing something
(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition
your acquaintance; people who know
root; lower part
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
way of tying a knot
debtor; debit; way of borrowing
way of handling
customer; guest
sewing method; sewer
wife's family
(musical) accompaniment
way of training; method of bringing up children
manner of swinging; way of swinging; way of dealing with something
way of affixing something; way of recording something (to a logbook, etc.)
child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh); henchman; follower
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)
kyogen performer; low-ranked house playwright (of kabuki)
seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling
rural area
way of swimming
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
way of life; how to live
counting system; way (manner) of counting
way of holding (a writing brush, chopsticks, etc.); manner of holding; holder; person who holds
cutting; cut
(one's) destination
capitalist; wholesaler
move; way to play
end of a period; end of the world
day laborer (in construction, etc.); day labourer
way of cutting; how to cut or slice
kanji "direction" radical at left (radical 70)
style of clothes; method of tailoring; method of training
singer in a nagauta performance
stagehand; sceneshifter
prop master; property master
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
it cannot be helped; there is no other way
Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.
unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
Minamikata Station
Examples (133 in total)
Do you know how to get there?
Do you know how to do it?
I know how to fix that.