みぎ

右

right

migi

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #1,443

Meanings

1
right; right-hand sidenountakes の
2
right handnoun
3
the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentionednountakes の

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In a sentence

How it works

に (to) points to the direction you head — here, the 右(みぎ) (right). The verb 曲がる(まがる) (turn) shifts to its て (te-form) form 曲がって(まがって) (turn), which here works as a soft instruction (“turn…”) — a common way to give directions step by step.

Written with

右right5 strokes