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    形けい容よう

    description

    KMT9News #30+1Ref L2LiteratureKanji Vocab17 strokes

    けいよう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    description, expression (in words), qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective), modification, figurative expression, figure of speech, metaphor

    Noun

    2.
    form, figure, appearance

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    彼かれの美うつくしさは言こと葉ばでは形けい容ようしがたい。

    His beauty is difficult to describe in words.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    その風ふう景けいは、筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つきしがたいけいようのうつくしがたい形 容 の美 しさだった。

    The scenery had a beauty that was beyond description.

    KMT9LiteratureNature & Environment
    詩し人じんは、自し然ぜんの雄ゆう大だいさを独どく自じの言こと葉ばで形けい容ようした。

    The poet described the grandeur of nature with unique words.

    KMT9LiteratureNature & Environment
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんにおいて、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの感とく情ちょうを形けい容ようする表ひょう現げんは重じゅう要ようだ。

    In literary works, expressions that describe the characteristics of characters are important.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほん語ごの形けい容よう詞しは、名めい詞しを形けい容ようする際さいに活かつ用ようする。

    Japanese adjectives conjugate when describing nouns.

    KMT9LiteratureEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    形
    かた・-がた・かたち・なり…(3)
    shape・form・style
    容
    い.れる…(4)
    contain・form・looks
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