きた

Japanese

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of きた – see the following entry.
【北】2
[noun] north (cardinal point)
[noun] the North (northern part of a region)
[noun] a northerly, north wind
[noun] Short for 北の方 (kita no kata): northward
[noun] a developed country
[proper noun] Kita (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
[proper noun] (historical) the red-light district north of Edo Castle
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] a female given name
[verb] to go northwards
Alternative spelling
キタ
(This term, きた, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as きた, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きた.)

Verb

きた • (kita) 

  1. past tense form of きる (kiru)
  2. past tense form of くる (kuru)

References
  • 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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