西

西	Meanings: west On Readings: セイ sei, サイ sai Kun Readings: ニシ nishi Most Used Pronunciation: nishi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 酉 Stroke Number: 6

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Common jukugo
関西 - かん　さい kan sai - Kansai (area including Osaka and Kyoto)
大西洋 - たい　せい　よう tai sei you - Atlantic Ocean

Useful Examples
Japanese: 風は西から吹いています。
Romaji: kaze wa nishi kara fuiteimasu.
English: The wind is blowing from the West.

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Notes/Mnemonic
"Go west!", said the mouth with legs dangling inside

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.