► 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:
- 形容詞 ⇨ Adjective
- 職人は金槌で叩いてトランペットを形作る ⇨ Craftsmen forms trumpets by hitting with hammers
- この部品は真空成形されている ⇨ The part is formed by vacuum forming
- 彼女は宝塚の花形だ ⇨ She is a star of Takarazuka theater
- 今は形振りを構っている場合じゃない ⇨ Now is not the time to care how I look, what people think
- 固形のバター ⇨ Solid butter
- 雛形に使った文書 ⇨ The document used as a template
- 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
- 彼の家は津波で跡形も無く破壊された ⇨ His house was destroyed without any trace by tsunami
- プラスチックの容器が熱で変形した ⇨ A plastic container deformed from heat
- 三角形、四角形、五角形 ⇨ Triangle, rectangle, pentagon
- 母の忘れ形見の指輪 ⇨ A keepsake ring my late mother gave me
- 人形の頭がもげた ⇨ The head of a doll got snapped off
- 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
- 名詞の単数形 ⇨ The singular form of a noun