Kanji1 / 14
様 kanji
Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
ヨウショウ
Kun readings
さまさん
Variant forms
樣Words with 様
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —言様がないindescribable; having no way to express
- —物は言い様smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it
- —身を切る様piercing (cold); biting (wind)
- —気は持ち様Everything depends on how you look at it
- —物は考え様things depend on how you look at them
- —物は使い様things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way
- —事程左様にso ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
- —見上げる様towering; astonishingly high
- —砂を噛む様tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
- —ご覧の様にas you can see
- —雲を掴む様vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
- —その様な中(under) such circumstances; (in) such a situation
- —血の滲む様painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
- —血の出る様painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
- —泥の様に寝るto sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
- —うずまき模様spiral pattern
- —絵に描いた様the very picture of ...
- —絵にかいた様the very picture of ...
- —目の覚める様stunning; electrifying; striking; eye-popping; brilliant
- —言い様がないindescribable; having no way to express