にし

See also: にじ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of にし – see the following entries.

【西】2 [noun] [from 770] west (one of the four cardinal directions) [noun] the West [noun] [from 712] the west wind, wind blowing from the west [noun] (theater) in kabuki: [noun] [from 1688] the left side of the stage in the Edo-style [noun] [from 1688] the right side of the stage in Kyoto and Osaka styles [noun] [date uncertain] (sumo) lower-ranked wrestlers listed on the left side of a banzuke [noun] [from 1885] the West; (later, more specifically) the capitalist states of the West (originally western Europe, as opposed to Eastern Bloc countries) [proper noun] (Buddhism) Synonym of 西方浄土 (Saihō Jōdo): the western paradise of Amitabha Buddha [proper noun] (Buddhism) Short for 西本願寺 (Nishi Hongan-ji): a Buddhist temple in Kyoto [proper noun] (historical) a red-light district in Edo-period Shinjuku (as it was located west of Edo Castle) [proper noun] a place name, especially the name of various wards in major cities throughout Japan [proper noun] a surname

【螺】J [noun] (rare) certain shellfish with a spiral shell

(This term, にし, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as にし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as にし.)

Etymology 2

Noun

にし • (nishi) 

1. 二死: (baseball) second out
2. 二至: summer solstice and winter solstice

Etymology 3

Pronoun

にし • (nishi) 

1. 主: you

Okinawan

Noun

にし (nishi) 

1. 北: north

Southern Amami-Oshima

Noun

にし (nisi) 

1. 北: north