模様
Meanings
Refers to a visible decorative or repeated pattern on cloth, paper, dishes, skin, and similar surfaces. Common in compounds such as 花模様 and 縞模様.
The pattern on this plate is very pretty.
She was wearing a dress with a floral pattern.
Used for how something looks or is going, especially in set expressions and reports such as 空模様, 試合の模様, or 現場の模様.
A typhoon is approaching, and the sky is starting to look threatening.
We will bring you a live broadcast of the scene at the venue.
apparently; it seems; the way things appear
Often used in report-like language as 模様だ or 模様です to state a conjecture based on the current situation, similar to 'it appears that ...'.
The train appears to be delayed because of an accident.
looking like; showing signs of; likely
After another noun, especially weather words, it indicates that conditions look likely to become that way, as in 雨模様 or 荒れ模様.
It started looking like rain in the afternoon.
The sea looks likely to turn rough this weekend.
moyo; territorial framework; framework
Go-game term for a broad, potential territorial framework that is not yet secure territory.
Black built a large territorial framework in the center.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉に模様があるto have a pattern on something
This shirt has a floral pattern on it.
- 〈事〉の模様を伝えるto report on the state or scene of an event
The reporter conveyed the scene at the accident site.
- 〈事〉模様だit appears that ~ (used in news-style reports of a likely fact)
It appears the typhoon will make landfall tomorrow.
- 〈天気〉模様showing signs of a certain kind of weather
It's been looking stormy since this morning.
- 模様を描くto draw or paint a pattern
I painted a geometric pattern on the cloth.