► 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:
- 彼には自分のしたことを反省する様子が全く無い ⇨ He shows no sign of being remorseful of what he did
- 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
- 彼は大失敗をした癖に悪びれる様子は全く無かった ⇨ Even though he made a blunder, he didn’t seem to be embarrassed at all
- 彼はひどく心労した様子だ ⇨ He seems to be mentally exhausted
- 事態は収まる様子が全くない ⇨ The situation doesn’t seem to be settling, calming, down at all
- 彼は褒められて満更でもない様子だ ⇨ He seems quite happy that he got praises
- 患者は苦しんでいる様子は無い ⇨ The patient doesn’t seem to be in pain, suffering
- この様子だと経営陣の首が飛ぶだろう ⇨ At this rate the heads of the management will fly, they will be axed
- おや？何か様子が変だぞ ⇨ Oh? Something is not right
- 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
- 交渉は纏まる様子がない ⇨ The negotiation doesn’t seem to be getting settled
- 彼は偉く慌てている様子だった ⇨ It looked like he was in a huge hurry
- 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
- 後で様子を見てくる ⇨ Later I’ll go check out what is going on
- この様子では全員御陀仏だろう ⇨ From the look of it, everybody is probably dead