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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
- —蚊の鳴く様な声very thin voice
- —どう仕様もないit cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
- —どう仕様も無いit cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
- —如何仕様も無いit cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
- —取って付けた様unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
- —飛ぶ様に売れるto sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
- —せきを切った様gushing forth; bursting out; like breaking a dam
- —様子をうかがうto wait and see; to see how the land lies
- —彗星の様に現れるto become famous overnight; to burst into fame
- —馬鹿と鋏は使い様everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way
- —自分のことの様にas if it were about oneself
- —目を皿の様にするto open one's eyes wide
- —苦虫を噛み潰した様sour (expression); as if having chewed on a bitter bug
- —世間は広い様で狭いthough it seems big, it's a small world
- —走馬灯の様に駆け巡るto flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)
- —盆と正月が一緒に来た様as if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time; as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time