Side

"Side" in Japanese

gawa

(left or right half)

gawa

(region in a specified position with respect to something)

gawa

(set of opponents in a game)

gawa

(group having a particular allegiance in a war)

側面

sokumen

(flat surface of an object)

側面

sokumen

(left or right half)

側面

sokumen

(one possible aspect of a concept)

境界線

kyōkaisen

(bounding straight edge of an object)

方向

(region in a specified position with respect to something)

hen

(bounding straight edge of an object)

men

(surface of a sheet of paper)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.