様

Meaning

様 centers on the outward form or appearance of something, which extends naturally to a way, manner, or situation. The polite suffix sense is a grammaticalized use of that same idea of form or appearance.

• 様よう
  N1

  appearing ...; looking ...

• 様さま
  N3

  Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms

• 同様どうよう
  N3

  same; similar; (just) like; equal

• 様々さまざま
  N3

  various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

• 仕様しよう
  N1

  way; method; means; resource; remedy

• 様子ようす
  N4

  state (of affairs); situation; circumstances

• 皆様みなさま
  N1

  everyone

• 模様もよう
  N3

  pattern; figure; design

• お客様おきゃくさま

  guest; visitor

• 神様かみさま
  N2

  God; god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

• 多様たよう
  N1

  diverse; various

• 奥様おくさま
  N2

  wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

• お疲れ様おつかれさま

  thank you (for your hard work); good work

• 王様おうさま
  N3

  king

• 様式ようしき
  N1

  style; form; pattern

• 異様いよう

  strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual

• お子様おこさま

  (another's) child

• ご馳走様ごちそうさま
  N2

  thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

• 有様ありさま
  N1

  state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

• 様相ようそう
  N1

  aspect; phase; condition

• 人様ひとさま

  other people; others

• 殿様とのさま
  N1

  nobleman; dignitary; lord

• 文様もんよう

  pattern; design

• 一様いちよう
  N1

  uniform; equal; even; the same; identical

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