左
Kana: ひだり
left side
Example sentence
郵便局は左にあります。
ゆうびんきょくはひだりにあります。
The post office is on the left.
What 左 means
左 (ひだり) is a Japanese word meaning “left side”. It belongs to the Places & Travel topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.