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)
On readings
ヨウショウ
Kun readings
さまさん
Variant forms
樣Words with 様
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —歩様manner of walking; horse gait
- —時様latest fashion; trend of the times
- —水様watery
- —の様にlike; similar to; as with; in the same way
- —遣り様way of doing something
- —花模様floral pattern
- —空模様look of the sky (esp. of bad weather); weather; course (of events); situation; way the wind is blowing
- —今様歌verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
- —仕様書manual; instructions; guide; specification document; specifications; blueprint
- —同様にidentically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
- —雨模様signs of rain; threat of rain
- —総模様(clothing) patterned all over
- —裾模様kimono with design on the skirt
- —この様like this; this sort; this way
- —考え様way of thinking; one's perspective
- —色模様colored pattern; beautifully colored design; love scene
- —縞模様striped pattern
- —雪模様weather portending snow; snowflake pattern
- —絵模様picturesque design
- —様子見wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)