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地方官

ちほうかん
regional administrator; local government official
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左方の楽

さほうのがく
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
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その方

其の方
そのほう
you (referring to one's inferior)
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涼しき方

すずしきかた
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)
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御前方

おまえがた
you (plural)
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上方才六

かみがたざいろく
people from Kansai
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方塞がり

かたふたがり、かたふさがり
unlucky direction (in Onmyoudou; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
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方違え

かたたがえ
setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
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方違い

かたたがい
setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)