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    格式

    格かく式しき

    formality

    KMT9News #32+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    かくしききゃくしき

    Noun

    1.
    formality, social rules
    2.
    social status, social standing
    3.
    amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    このホテルは格かく式しきが高たかいことで知しられている。

    This hotel is known for its high prestige/formality.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    格かく式しきを重おもんじる場ばでは、服ふく装そうにも気きを配くばる必ひつ要ようがある。

    In places where formality is valued, one needs to pay attention to their attire.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFashion & BeautyDaily Life
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな結けっ婚こん式しきには、多おおくの格かく式しきばった作さ法ほうがある。

    Traditional Japanese weddings involve many formal manners and customs.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    茶さ道どうでは、道どう具ぐの配はい置ちから客きゃくの迎むかえ方かたまで、厳げん格かくな格かく式しきが重おもんじられる。

    In the tea ceremony, strict formality is valued, from the arrangement of utensils to how guests are welcomed.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    彼かれの家いえ柄がらは、代だい々だいに続つづく格かく式しきある武ぶ士しの家か系けいだと言いわれている。

    His family lineage is said to be a prestigious samurai family that has continued for generations.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    格
    status・rank・capacity・character・case (law, grammar)
    式
    style・ceremony・rite・function・method…(3)
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