► 名詞
姿 [(1)すがた] [liter] meaning: behave rank: 1
☆ 不運に負けない主人公の姿に感動した ⇨ I was moved by the way the protagonist beat the misfortune (☛ Usually a positive way someone behaves)
☆ 彼は働き者の親の姿を見て学んだ ⇨ He learned by watching his hard-working parents (☛ Usually a positive way someone behaves)
姿 [(1)すがた] [liter] meaning: figure rank: 1
☆ 彼の姿が見えない ⇨ I can’t see his figure. I can’t find him (☛ Usually human figures)
☆ 彼女は後ろ姿は綺麗なんだけど ⇨ She looks great from behind but … (☛ Usually human figures)
姿 [(1)すがた] meaning: presence rank: 1
☆ 彼は姿をくらました ⇨ He obscured his presence, went into hiding, disappeared
► 接尾辞
姿 [(1)すがた] meaning: clothes rank: 2
☆ 彼は未だ寝巻き姿だった ⇨ He was still wearing pajamas
☆ 着物姿の女性達 ⇨ Women wearing kimono
More examples:
- 子供の姿を見ると元気付けらる ⇨ Watching my kids gives me energy, motivation
- 彼等は戦闘も辞さないという姿勢を崩していない ⇨ They haven’t changed the stance that they wouldn’t rule out using forces
- 皆が無料の食事に殺到する姿を見ると私は引いてしまう ⇨ When I see everybody rush to get free meals, I cannot join them and have to step aside
- 日本男児の有るべき姿 ⇨ The ideal way Japanese young men are supposed to be
- 街は沢山の着物姿の若い女性達で華やいだ ⇨ The town felt glamorous with many young women in kimonos
- それは大統領として有るべき姿ではない ⇨ That is not the way the president is supposed to be
- 真の姿 ⇨
- 長時間同じ姿勢でいるのは健康に良くない ⇨ It is bad for health to stay in the same posture for a long time
- 彼は人間の姿をした悪魔だ ⇨ He is the devil disguising as a human
- 仮の姿 ⇨ A temporary state
- 子供は変わり果てた姿で見つかった ⇨ The child was found in a completely changed form, lifeless
- 彼女はすらりとして歩く姿も颯爽としている ⇨ She is tall, slender and the way she walks is agile and elegant
- 彼の引退前の最後の勇姿を見ようと多くのファンが集った ⇨ Many fans came to see him for the last time before his retirement
- 彼は魔法を使って自分の姿を見えなくした ⇨ He made himself invisible using a magic
- 多くの動物は鏡に映った自分の姿を理解しない ⇨ Most animals don’t understand the reflections of themselves in mirrors