1.
direction; orientation; intended course
The general direction or course that a plan, project, organization, or piece of work is taking or should take.
会社の方向性を決める。
To decide the company's direction.
チームの方向性が合わない。
The team's directions don't align.
議論を重ねて、ようやくプロジェクトの方向性が見えてきた。
After repeated discussions, the direction of the project has finally come into view.
Compound of 方向 (direction) + the suffix 性 (-ness, nature of). Usually abstract — the course of a plan or group rather than a physical direction.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 方向性を決める: to decide on a direction
- 方向性を示す: to set out a course
- 方向性が合う: to have aligned aims
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 方針: policy; course of action — a concrete decided plan, more definite than 方向性
- 方向: direction — can be literal (physical) as well as abstract