しとやか (shitoyaka) Japanese meaning: graceful | Kotomora彼女はしとやかな物腰でお茶を出した。
She served tea with a graceful manner.
I was told to behave in a ladylike way.
Usage patterns
〈人〉な女性a graceful, ladylike woman
She is always described as a graceful, ladylike woman.
〈人〉に振る舞うto behave in a graceful, ladylike manner
She was taught to behave in a graceful, ladylike manner.
〈人〉な物腰a gentle, modest bearing
Her gentle, modest bearing is one of her charms.
