How to Say "East Side" in Japanese

東側

higashigawa

The English phrase "east side" is translated into Japanese as 東側 (higashigawa).

東側 is used to refer to the specific area or the direction located to the east of a particular place or object.

What does it mean word for word?

The word is composed of 東 (east) and 側 (side/direction).

東側 is a noun and does not change its form based on whether it is the subject or object of a sentence.

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In Japanese culture, the word for 'east' 東 is visually composed of two parts that resemble a sun rising between two trees, reflecting the natural observation of the east side.
In traditional Japanese architecture, the east side of a room was often associated with seasonal deities or reserved as a position of honor.
While 東側 describes a side, the Japanese language has a separate, dedicated word 東風 read as kochi specifically for the wind that blows from the east side.

この町の東側は全部森です。
The east side of this town is all forest.
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Watashi wa Higashi-gawa ni sunde imasu (私は東側に住んでいます)
I live on the east side.
Anata no ofisu wa doko desu ka? Higashi-gawa desu ka? (あなたのオフィスはどこですか？東側ですか？)
Where is your office? Is it on the east side?
駅の東側にはスーパーがあります。
Eki no higashigawa ni wa sūpā ga arimasu.
There is a supermarket on the east side of the station.
学校の東側を歩きましょう。
Gakkō no higashigawa o arukimashō.
Let's walk along the east side of the school.

Kenta and Himari are looking at a map of the park.

陽葵 Himari

駐車場はどこにありますか？
chūshajō wa doko ni arimasu ka?
Where is the parking lot?
健太 Kenta

公園の東側にありますよ。
kōen no higashigawa ni arimasu yo.
It's on the east side of the park.
陽葵 Himari

あそこに見えますね。
asoko ni miemasu ne.
I can see it over there.
健太 Kenta

はい、あそこです。
hai, asoko desu.
Yes, that's the place.

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