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
- —救い様がないbeyond saving
- —救い様のないhopeless; irredeemable
- —言い様のないindescribable
- —なる様になるwhatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
- —成る様になるwhatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
- —成る様に成るwhatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
- —堰を切った様gushing forth; bursting out; like breaking a dam
- —例え様もないbeyond comparison; incomparable
- —例え様も無いbeyond comparison; incomparable
- —竹を割った様clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright; frank
- —泥の様に眠るto sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
- —事ほど左様にso ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
- —こと程左様にso ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
- —手に取る様にclearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
- —手にとる様にclearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
- —様な気がするI feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
- —女の腐った様unmanly; weak; irresolute; sissy; acting like a woman
- —雲をつかむ様vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
- —何時もの様にas usual; as always; like always
- —血のにじむ様painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling