N4Noun
西洋
せいよう
Meaning
- 1.the West
- 2.Western countries
Meanings across languages
- English
- the West, Western countries
- Tiếng Việt
- phương Tây
- 日本語
- 西洋
- 한국어
- 서양
- 中文
- 西方
- Bahasa Indonesia
- barat
- ภาษาไทย
- ตะวันตก
- Español
- el oeste
- Français
- l'ouest
- Deutsch
- der Westen
- Português
- oeste
Kanji used
Example sentences
西洋列強に対抗することが求められたため、日本は近代化を進めた。
Japan pursued modernization to counter Western powers.
また西洋文化を積極的に受け入れ、教育制度も改革された。
Western culture was actively embraced, and the education system was also reformed.
西洋からの技術が広く用いられた
Technology from the West was widely used.
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