ホッポウ
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. the north; northward; northern direction
It seems they are heading north.
Noun
2. northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
What's more, the northern part of this continent is too harsh for people to live in.
Pitch accent
ホ
ッポウ
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
Northern Territories (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan); Southern Kuril Islands
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
Northern Territories dispute; Kuril Islands dispute
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
Boreoeutheria (clade of placental mammals); Boreotheria; boreoeutherians
Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
Northern Chinese; Mandarin
Northern Jiaotong University
North China University of Technology
Northern Territories Affairs Administration
Examples (7 in total)
Are you from the north?
It seems they are heading north.
He rushed northward first.