► 助動詞
様 [(1)よう] [ようだ] meaning: so that rank: 1
☆ 一日も早く御回復されるよう御祈り申し上げます ⇨ I pray that you will recover as soon as possible (☛ に is omitted from ように, which is 連用形 of ようだ)
☆ 彼は私に仕事が見つかるよう手助けしてくれた ⇨ He helped me so that I can find a job (☛ に is omitted from ように, which is 連用形 of ようだ)
► 名詞
様 [(1)よう] [liter] meaning: command rank: 1
☆ 手を触れないよう ⇨ Do not touch (☛ An abbreviation of ～ようにする)
様 [(1)よう] [あの様] meaning: kind rank: 1
☆ あの様な行動は許されない ⇨ Behavior like that won’t be tolerated
様 [(1)よう] [どの様] meaning: kind rank: 1
☆ どの様な手段を取るかは未だ決まっていない ⇨ It is not yet decided what kind of measure will be taken
様 [(1)よう] [其の様] meaning: kind rank: 1
☆ その様な話は聞いたことがない ⇨ I’ve never heard of anything like that before
様 [(1)よう] [此の様] meaning: kind rank: 1
☆ この様な機会はそう何度もない ⇨ There won’t be many opportunities like this one
☆ 最近この様な事件が相次いでいる ⇨ Recently incidents like this are happening one after another
様 [(1)よう] meaning: way rank: 1
☆ あなたはどの様に考えますか？ ⇨ What do you think? What is your opinion?
☆ あの様になるとは思ってもいなかった ⇨ I never thought it would turn out that way
☆ この様にやって下さい ⇨ Please do it like this
☆ それは考えようによっては私達に有利になる ⇨ That will be to our advantage depending on the way we think about it
☆ どうにもしようがない ⇨ There is no way to handle it. There is nothing you can do
☆ どのようにすれば良いのですか？ ⇨ What way, how, should I do it?
☆ 交渉は決着しましたか？そのようです ⇨ Has the negotiation concluded? It seems that way
☆ 好きなようにすればいい ⇨ You can do whatever the way you like
☆ 彼女は見ようによっては相当な美人だ ⇨ She is quite pretty depending on how you look at her
► 接尾辞
様 [さま] [respect] meaning: addressing rank: 1
☆ お客様、こちらへどうぞ ⇨ Mr/Ms customer, please come this way
☆ 何名様がお越しになりますか？ ⇨ How many of you will visit us?
☆ 山本様はいらっしゃいますか？ ⇨ Is Mr/Mrs/Ms Yamamoto here?
More examples:
- 彼は賭け事で幾ら金を失くしても全く懲りる様子が無い ⇨ It looks like he still hasn’t learned any lessons after losing all the money gambling
- あの方が彼の奥様ですか？ ⇨ Is that person, lady, his wife?
- うちの娘がお姫様の衣装を着ている ⇨ My daughter is wearing a princess costume
- 交渉は纏まる様子がない ⇨ The negotiation doesn’t seem to be getting settled
- 何だと、貴様 ⇨ What did you just say, you son of a bitch?
- この製品は必要な仕様を満足していない ⇨ This product doesn’t satisfy the required specifications
- この様子では全員御陀仏だろう ⇨ From the look of it, everybody is probably dead
- 御社の御繁栄、更に併せて皆様の御健康を御祈り申し上げます ⇨ I pray for the prosperity of your company, and also for the health of everybody
- 失礼ですがどちら様でしょうか？ ⇨ Excuse me but may I ask who you are?
- 疲れているのは御互い様だ ⇨ We are both tired. You’re not the only one who is tired
- お疲れ様です！ ⇨ You must be tired (after work), good work, goodbye, rest well
- お疲れ様！ ⇨ You must be tired (after work), good work, goodbye, rest well
- 私達は顧客の要求に応じて製品の仕様を変更することが出来る ⇨ We can change the product specifications to meet customer requirements
- しばらく様子を見よう ⇨ Let’s see, monitor, for a while how things will go
- 様式美 ⇨