► 名詞
様子 [ようす] meaning: appearance rank: 1
☆ 彼は何かを隠している様子だ ⇨ It looks like he is hiding something
☆ 彼は何か様子がおかしい ⇨ He doesn’t look all right. It looks like there is something wrong with him
様子 [ようす] meaning: sign rank: 1
☆ 景気は一向に回復する様子が無い ⇨ The economy is not showing any sign of improving
様子 [ようす] meaning: situation rank: 1
☆ 外からは中の様子が分からない ⇨ From outside we cannot tell the situation inside, cannot see what is going on inside
様子 [ようす] [様子を窺う] meaning: situation rank: 1
☆ 彼等は敵の様子を伺いに行った ⇨ They went to see what the enemy was doing. They did a reconnaissance
More examples:
- 彼は手慣れた様子で赤ん坊のおむつを換えた ⇨ He changed the diaper of the baby with an assured, well-experienced, way
- 彼に別段変わった様子は無かった ⇨ I didn’t notice anything different about him
- 患者は苦しんでいる様子は無い ⇨ The patient doesn’t seem to be in pain, suffering
- おや？何か様子が変だぞ ⇨ Oh? Something is not right
- 彼女は裸でも恥じらう様子がない ⇨ She doesn’t seem to be shy being naked
- この様子では全員御陀仏だろう ⇨ From the look of it, everybody is probably dead
- 彼は走り回っても息が乱れる様子がない ⇨ He doesn’t seem to be breathing hard even after running around
- 今思い返してみると、そういえば彼の様子は何か変だった ⇨ When I think back now, indeed there was something wrong with him
- 様子がおかしいと気が付いた時にはもう彼の体は冷たかった ⇨ When I realized something was wrong, his body was already cold
- 彼は事件当時の様子を述懐した ⇨ He talked about how things were at the time of the incident
- 交渉は纏まる様子がない ⇨ The negotiation doesn’t seem to be getting settled
- 彼女はきょときょとして落ち着かない様子だ ⇨ She seems nervous, looking around nervously
- 彼は褒められて満更でもない様子だ ⇨ He seems quite happy that he got praises
- 彼女ときたら反省している様子は全く無い ⇨ As for her, she shows no sign of remorse
- 十八世紀に刊行された本には当時のパリの様子が以下のように記述されている ⇨ In a book published in the 18th century, the way Paris was then is described as follows