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仕様 (しよう, shiyou) Japanese meaning: way | Kotomora
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仕し
様よう
が
ない
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There is no use regretting it now.
Having come this far, there is nothing to do but try.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 の 仕し 様よう を 決き める to decide the specifications of a product
We decided on the new car's specifications at the meeting.
仕し 様よう を 満み たす to meet/satisfy the specifications
This software satisfies the required specifications.
仕し 様よう に 従したが って 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something in accordance with the specifications
We designed the parts according to the specifications.
仕し 様よう が 変か わる for the specifications to change
The specifications ended up changing midway through development.
Expressions しようのない hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible · foolish; absurd; preposterous Related words 仕方 is the everyday word for a way or method and appears in the common phrase 仕方がない, while 仕様 is now mostly restricted to set phrases like 仕様がない or the technical sense of specifications.
規格 refers to an official standard that products conform to, whereas 仕様 refers to the concrete specifications or details of one particular product or system.
スペック is a casual loanword often used for a product's performance or capacity figures, while 仕様 is the more formal, technical term for its specifications.
Don't confuse with 仕様 (specifications) and 使用 (use, usage) share the same reading しよう and are easily mixed up despite having unrelated meanings.
仕様 (specifications) and 私用 (private/personal use) are homophones both read しよう, so context alone tells them apart.
Word family· 13 manual; instructions; guide · specification document; specifications; blueprint
confusing set-up; puzzling method
standards author; writer of standards
Written forms 仕し 様よう Usage 54%
Standard modern kanji spelling. Very common for technical or product specifications, and also used in fixed expressions such as 仕様がない.
しよう Usage 46%
仕し 樣よう
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kyūjitai-style spelling using 樣; included mainly for reading older texts or search.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound read しよう. 仕 is associated with doing or serving, and 様 with manner, form, or state; together the word originally fits the idea of a 'way/manner of doing,' later extending to technical 'specification.' The spelling 仕樣 uses the older form 樣 for 様.
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manual; instructions; guide · specification document; specifications; blueprint
internal method; inner workings; internal resources
