式しき

noun, noun, used as a suffix

style; method; system; type

Most often used as a suffix in compounds such as 日本式, 洋式, 選択式, and X式, meaning a style, format, system, or method associated with X. As a standalone word for 'method,' 方式 or 形式 may sound more explicit.

• 旅りょ館かんで日本にほん式しきの朝ちょう食しょくを食たべた。

  I had a Japanese-style breakfast at the inn.

• この試し験けんは記き述じゅつ式しきではなく選せん択たく式しきです。

  This exam is multiple-choice, not written-answer format.

noun

ceremony; rite; celebration

A general word for a formal ceremony or event, especially in compounds such as 卒業式 and 入学式. 儀式 is often used when emphasizing ritual or religious formality.

• 卒そつ業ぎょう式しきに出しゅっ席せきした。

  I attended the graduation ceremony.

• 入にゅう学がく式しきは体たい育いく館かんで行おこなわれる。

  The entrance ceremony will be held in the gymnasium.

noun

wedding ceremony

When the context is marriage, 式 can be a shorthand for 結婚式. It is especially common in the phrase 式を挙げる, 'to hold a wedding ceremony.'

• 二人ふたりは来らい月げつ、式しきを挙あげる。

  The two of them will have their wedding ceremony next month.

noun

equation; formula; mathematical expression

Used in mathematics, science, and technical contexts for a formula, equation, or expression. 数式 is a more explicit word for a mathematical expression.

• この式しきを解といて、xの値あたいを求もとめなさい。

  Solve this equation and find the value of x.

• 台だい形けいの面めん積せきを求もとめる式しきを覚おぼえた。

  I memorized the formula for finding the area of a trapezoid.

noun

enforcement regulations of the ritsuryō codes

Historical legal term connected with the 律令 system. It refers to detailed enforcement regulations, not to modern regulations in general.

See also: 律令

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、式しきは律りつ令りょうを施し行こうするための細さい則そくを指さした。

  Under the ritsuryō system, shiki referred to detailed rules for enforcing the legal codes.