► 名詞
形 [かたち] meaning: appearance rank: 1
☆ 形だけの民主主義 ⇨ A democracy only in format, appearance, name
☆ 彼は特別招待者の形で会議に参加した ⇨ He participated in the meeting as a special guest
☆ 目的が達成できれば形には拘らない ⇨ I don’t care how it looks as long as the objective is achieved
形 [かたち] meaning: shape rank: 1
☆ 変な形をした車 ⇨ A car with a weird shape
☆ 機能が優れた物は自然と形も良くなる ⇨ Things with good functionalities naturally tend to have pleasing shapes
形 [かたち] [形を取る] meaning: system rank: 1
☆ 現代の殆どの民主主義は代議制の形を取っている ⇨ Most of the modern democracy is in a representative format
形 [かたち] [liter] meaning: situation rank: 2
☆ 交渉は双方引かない形で終わった ⇨ The negotiation has ended where both sides refused to budge
☆ 会社は組合の要求を受け入れざるを得なくなった形だ ⇨ In the end the company had to accept the union’s demands
More examples:
- 起伏の激しい地形 ⇨ A terrain with a lot of ups and downs
- 流麗な造形 ⇨ A beautifully streamlined shape
- 複雑な曲線が独特な模様を形作っている ⇨ Complex curve lines form the unique pattern
- ふわふわした人形 ⇨ A soft, squishy, fluffy, doll
- 美容整形手術 ⇨ A cosmetic surgery
- あの女優には形容できない存在感が有る ⇨ That actress has an indescribable presence
- 彼は針金を折り曲げて星の形を作った ⇨ He made a star shape by bending a wire
- 街は跡形もないほどに破壊された ⇨ The town was destroyed to the extent there were not even traces
- 姿形よりも性格のほうが大切だ ⇨ Personality is more important than appearance
- この操り人形は私の分身みたいなものだ ⇨ This puppet is like my body double, a part of me
- 円錐形 ⇨ A cone shape
- 近代社会の形成は農業の発達と前後している ⇨ The formation of modern society coincides with the development of agriculture
- 雛形に使った文書 ⇨ The document used as a template
- 射出成形 ⇨ Injection molding
- 数学の図形 ⇨ Mathematical shapes