式

Meaning

式 centers on a fixed pattern or prescribed way of doing things: a style, method, or system, and by extension a formal ceremony or rite that follows a set form.

• 式しき
  N4

  way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type

• 公式こうしき
  N2

  official; formal

• 株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ

  stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK

• 形式けいしき
  N2

  form (as opposed to substance)

• 結婚式けっこんしき
  N3

  marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

• 方式ほうしき
  N1

  form; method; system; formula

• 正式せいしき
  N3

  formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)

• 株式かぶしき
  N2

  share (in a company); stock

• 儀式ぎしき
  N2

  ceremony; rite; ritual; service

• 様式ようしき
  N1

  style; form; pattern

• 葬式そうしき
  N3

  funeral

• 非公式ひこうしき
  N3

  informal; unofficial

• 式典しきてん

  ceremony; rites

• 一式いっしき

  (complete) set; outfit; kit; suite

• 方程式ほうていしき
  N2

  equation; formula

• 型式かたしき

  model (e.g. of a vehicle); type

• 軟式なんしき

  soft (esp. of softball, tennis, etc.)

• 硬式こうしき

  hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)

• 和式わしき
  N1

  Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)

• 洋式ようしき
  N1

  Western-style; foreign

• 挙式きょしき

  holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony

• 図式ずしき

  diagram; graph; schema

• 旧式きゅうしき
  N1

  old type; old style

• 書式しょしき

  prescribed form (of writing); format

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