[ちほう(P);じかた, chihou (P); jikata](n, adj-no) (1) area; locality; district; region; province; (2) countryside; rural area; (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water); (4) (じかた only) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance; (P)#416[Add to Longdo]
[かきかた, kakikata](n) (1) way of writing; manner of writing; (2) penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; (3) format (e.g. of a report); (4) stroke order of a character; (P)#5771[Add to Longdo]
[みかた, mikata](n) (1) viewpoint; point of view; (2) (esp. 〜の見方) way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule); (P)#7401[Add to Longdo]