形
形

shape, form, style

7 strokesFrequency 418JLPT N2Grade 2

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ケイギョウ

Kun

かた-がたかたちなり

Nanori

ち

Dictionary

Common Words

形容貌かたちよう (容)NounFreq #363
1

形／容 only

form; shape; figure

Examples
物質は温度によって形を変える。
Matter changes its form according to temperature.
2

visage

なり形態Noun～の Adj.Usually kanaFreq #1242
1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

Examples
君なりのやり方で仕事しなさい。
Do your work in your own way.
人形にんぎょうNounFreq #1740
1

doll; puppet; marionette

Examples
メアリーは私にアメリカの人形をくれた。
Mary gave me an American doll.
2

puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

大型大形おおがたNoun～の Adj.Freq #4256
1

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

Examples
大型と小型の２台の飛行機が、ハンガー内で停止していました。
Two airplanes, one large and one small, were at rest in the hangar.
館屋形やかたたち (館)たて (館)NounFreq #4908
1

mansion; palace; manor house; castle

2

Honorific; Archaic

nobleman; noblewoman; dignitary

3

やかた only; Archaic

cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

小型小形こがたNoun～の Adj.Freq #5478
1

Esp. 小型

small-sized; small-scale; miniature

Examples
大型と小型の２台の飛行機が、ハンガー内で停止していました。
Two airplanes, one large and one small, were at rest in the hangar.
2

Esp. 小形

small; little; tiny

形成けいせいNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #5661
1

formation; molding; making (up); taking form; giving form to

Examples
世界の熱帯雨林は、この惑星上の生命が形成する生態学的な連鎖の中で、かけがえのない環をなしているのである。
The world's tropical rainforests are critical links in the ecological chain of life on the planet.
2

Medicine

repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

形式けいしきNounFreq #5859
1

form (as opposed to substance)

Examples
彼はそれを小説の形式で表した。
He expressed it in the form of fiction.
2

format; form; style; manner

Examples
朝食はバイキング形式だって。
Breakfast is a smorgasbord.
3

formality; form

Examples
一般に若者は形式を嫌う。
In general, young people dislike formality.
4

Philosophy

mode; form

5

Mathematics

form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)

髪型髪形かみがたNounFreq #6323
1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

Examples
彼の髪型は時代遅れだ。
His hair style is behind the time.
それはとてもよく似合う髪形だ。
That's a very becoming hairstyle.
形相ぎょうそうNounFreq #6370
1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

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