型かた

noun, noun, used as a suffix

type; style; model; pattern

General word for a category, style, or model. As a suffix, it attaches to nouns to mean 'type of ...' and is read がた (e.g., 血液型 blood type).

• この車くるまは新あたらしい型かたです。

  This car is a new model.

• この機き械かいの型かたは何なんですか。

  What model is this machine?

noun

mold; template; impression

Physical mold or template used to shape something, or an impression taken from a mold. Also used figuratively for a fixed pattern.

• ケーキの型かたにバターを塗ぬる。

  Grease the cake mold with butter.

• 同おなじ型かたから作つくられた製せい品ひん。

  Products made from the same mold.

noun

kata (martial arts form); style (kabuki, noh)

In martial arts, a set sequence of movements. In traditional theater, a stylized pattern of performance. Often used as a technical term.

• 空から手ての型かたを練れん習しゅうする。

  Practice karate kata.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きの型かたは代だい々だい受うけ継つがれる。

  Kabuki kata are passed down through generations.

noun

convention; tradition; standard form; formula

Established way of doing things; a conventional pattern or formula. Often used in phrases like 型通り (by the book) or 型にはまる (conform to a pattern).

• 型かたにはまった考かんがえ方かた。

  A conventional way of thinking.

• 型かた通どおりの挨あい拶さつを述のべる。

  Give a formulaic greeting.

noun

size; inches (display size)

Used for set sizes, especially in manufacturing. As a suffix read がた, it indicates the size of displays, disks, etc. in inches (e.g., 5型ディスプレイ a 5-inch display).

• このテレビは50型がたです。

  This TV is a 50-inch model.

• 小ちいさい型かたの封ふう筒とうを買かった。

  I bought small-size envelopes.

noun

taxonomical form

Rare term in biology for a taxonomic rank below variety; a form. Mostly used in scientific contexts.

See also: 品種

• この植しょく物ぶつの型かたは限かぎられた地ち域いきにしか見みられない。

  This plant form is found only in a limited area.