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装飾 (そうしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
decoration ; ornamentation ; ornament
Refers to decorative elements themselves or the act of decorating something. As 装飾する it is a transitive する-verb; as 装飾の it describes something decorative or relating to decoration.
店てん
内ない
を
花はな
で
装そう
飾しょく
し
た
。
They decorated the inside of the shop with flowers.
Kanji 飾 decorate, ornament, adorn Similar words 飾かざ り A more everyday native word for a decoration or ornament; 装飾 is somewhat more formal and can refer to decorative design or ornamentation as a concept.
デコレーション A katakana loanword often used for decorative arrangements, cakes, interiors, or visual styling; 装飾 sounds more Sino-Japanese and formal.
修しゅう 飾しょく Means modification or qualification, especially in grammar or rhetoric; unlike 装飾, it is not primarily about physical decoration.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 装, associated with dressing or adorning, and 飾, associated with decorating. This explains the modern meaning, though it is not a claim about the word's full historical development.
