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jmdict 2857102 Rejected (id: 2217325)
時方向
じほうこう
1. [ctr]
▶ o'clock (direction)
▶ position by clockface angle

History:
4. R 2022-12-28 00:57:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
We have a fork, so I'll reject this one and make the change in the other thread.
3. A* 2022-12-28 00:00:22 
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>position by çlockface angle</gloss>
+<gloss>position by clockface angle</gloss>
2. A 2022-12-27 20:29:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
It's N時+方向. Not sure it's a freestanding counter.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<gloss>clock position</gloss>
@@ -13,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>position by çlockface angle</gloss>
1. A* 2022-12-26 21:20:23  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/クロックポジション

Used to describe directions relative to an observer (e.g. 6'clock meaning "directly behind")
https://youtu.be/mGHvfXdjBXY&t=3m49s
「僕の立ち位置から見て二時方向ね。」

Also used literally to describe positions on clocks:
https://youtu.be/he9_234DJjA&t=2m9s
「そして 4時方向にあるボタンを押します」

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────╮
│ 時方向   │ 18,031 │
│ じほうこう │     45 │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────╯
  Comments:
I don't see this in any of the usual refs, but it could be useful.

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