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様相: aspect, phase, condition | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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様相

JLPT N1Vocabulary

様相(ようそう)

ようそう

aspect, phase, condition

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Reading and meaning

Reading: ようそう
Romaji: yousou
Meaning: aspect, phase, condition
Word type: noun

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

事態(じたい)は新(あら)たな様相(ようそう)を呈(てい)している。
The situation is taking on a new aspect.
事件(じけん)は複雑(ふくざつ)な様相(ようそう)を帯(お)びてきた。
The incident has begun to take on a complicated aspect.
技術(ぎじゅつ)の進歩(しんぽ)が教育(きょういく)の様相(ようそう

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を

大(おお)

きく

変(か)

えた。

Advances in technology have greatly changed the nature of education.

市場(しじょう)の様相(ようそう)は一変(いっぺん)した。

The state of the market changed completely.

Kanji in this lesson

様Mr., Mrs., polite suffix, way, manner, or stateJLPT N4 相inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomyJLPT N4