Illustration: In a Japanese apartment kitchen, a child lifts a star-shaped biscuit cutter directly above the piece of dough it has just cut. The matching outlines remain clearly visible, with a star-shaped opening in the surrounding dough beside them.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

形かたち

katachi

shape

Example sentences

  1. 林檎りんごの形かたちは丸まるい。

    An apple is round in shape.

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  2. 箱はこの形かたちは普通四角ふつうしかくです。

    The shape of a box is usually square.

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  3. 鯨くじらは魚さかなと形かたちが似にている。

    Whales are similar to fishes in shape.

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Kanji in 形

  • 形shape; formOnケイ・ギョウKunかた・かたち・なり

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