► 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:
- 新郎新婦の親族の皆様こちらへどうぞ ⇨ The family members of the groom and the bride, please come this way
- 貴様何処のどいつだ？ ⇨ Who the fuck are you?
- 彼は人生で様々な障害を乗り越えてきた ⇨ He has overcome many obstacles in life
- 読者の皆様 ⇨ Dear readers
- 週末は雨になる模様です ⇨ It seems the weekend will be rainy
- 同様な事件が続けて起こった ⇨ Similar incidents happened in a row
- 彼は偉く慌てている様子だった ⇨ It looked like he was in a huge hurry
- 然様でございます ⇨ Yes, that is so, you’re correct
- 変わった模様が入ったネクタイ ⇨ A necktie with strange patterns
- 交渉は纏まる様子がない ⇨ The negotiation doesn’t seem to be getting settled
- 人々の価値観は多様化している ⇨ People’s senses of values are diverging in many different ways
- 奥様の御召しになっている御着物 ⇨ The kimono your wife is wearing
- 皆様の信頼を裏切ってしまい申し訳有りません ⇨ I apologize for betraying everybody’s trust
- 古典的な建築様式 ⇨ A classical architectural design
- その言い方は御客様には失礼に当たる ⇨ That expression will be rude toward customers