English Dictionary

west

IPA（発音記号）

/wɛst/

名詞

不可算名詞

One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps (or even, sometimes used instead of the relative directional term left); the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.

日本語の意味

主要な方角のひとつで、地図上では通常左側に位置し、夕日が沈む方向として「西」と呼ばれる。

They decided to sail due west to reach the island before the storm.

彼らは嵐が来る前に島に着くため、西の方角（270°）に向かって航海することにした。

意味（1）

One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps (or even, sometimes used instead of the relative directional term left); the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.

We used to live in the west of the country.

意味（2）

The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

意味（3）

(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

In two respects, however, the cathedral [of St. Mary's in Sydney, Australia] differs from English traditions: it is oriented north-south, not east-west; and its main entry is from the south (liturgical west) between the two towers, in the French manner.