Illustration: At a neighborhood fabric shop, a shopkeeper unfurls a length of cotton across a low cutting table. Rows of little fish repeat across the fabric, each swimming in the same direction except for one cheeky fish facing backward.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

模も様よう

moyou

pattern, design

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょはその皿さらの模様もようが気きに入いっている。

    She likes the design on the plate.

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  2. 墨すみを染料せんりょうとして使つかうと面白おもしろい模様もようができます。

    India ink produces an interesting pattern when used as a dye.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その絵えには複雑ふくざつな模様もようが見みえる。

    I can see some intricate patterns in the picture.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 模様

  • 模imitation; copyOnモ・ボ
  • 様Esq.; wayOnヨウ・ショウKunさま・さん

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