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他方
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 他方.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party
Examples
どちらかが他方よりいい、というのではない。
One way is not better than the other.
2
Conjunction
on the other hand
Examples
その仕事はあまりおもしろくなかったが、他方で報酬が良かった。
That job was not very interesting, but on the other hand it was well paid.
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