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方面

ほうめん

direction, area served (in transport); field, line of work

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Examples

  1. この電車は新宿方面行きです。

    このでんしゃはしんじゅくほうめんゆきです。

    This train is bound for Shinjuku and beyond.

  2. ２５号線北方面の入り口付近にいます。

    にじゅうごごうせんきたほうめんのいりぐちふきんにいます。

    I'm near the on-ramp for Route 25 north.

  3. 彼はその方面の専門家です。

    かれはそのほうめんのせんもんかです。

    He is an expert in that field.

Common patterns

新宿方面行き
bound for the Shinjuku area
その方面に詳しい
to be well informed in that field
各方面
all quarters, every field

Memory tip

On signs and announcements it means 'towards and around (a place)', wider than a single destination. Figuratively it means a field of activity, so 音楽方面 is 'the music line'. Pure compass direction is 方向 or 方角.

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