south

IPA(Pronunciation)

/saʊθ/

Noun

countable uncountable figuratively

One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map (or even, sometimes used instead of the relative directional term down), abbreviated as S.

Japanese Meaning

四大方位の一つで、180度の方向を指し、地図上では一般的に下方向として表現される方向（南極に向かう方向）

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We set our course for due south and sailed through the fog.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちは真南（方角、S）へ進路を取って、霧の中を航海した。

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Sense（2）

The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in the south rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and the south ...

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Sense（3）

(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.

If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.

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Sense（4）

(figuratively) down or the negative direction

Sense（5）

(physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet

souths

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