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西洋

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

西洋 — “the West, Western countries”

西洋 (read せいよう) means the West, Western countries. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

せいよう

Meaning

the West, Western countries

西洋 in a sentence

西洋せいようの音楽おんがくが好きすきです。

I like Western music.

The kanji in 西洋

西west
洋ocean; Western

Words that share a kanji with 西洋

西にし— west
関西かんさい— Kansai region (Osaka-Kyoto area)
西暦せいれき— the Christian era, A.D. (Gregorian calendar)
東西とうざい— east and west; the Orient and the Occident
洋服ようふく— Western-style clothes
海洋かいよう— ocean, sea
東洋とうよう— the Orient, the East, Asia
洋品店ようひんてん— clothing store, haberdashery

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