Illustration: Inside a Japanese fire station’s assembly room, a senior officer pins a service insignia onto a new firefighter’s immaculate uniform. The recruit stands straight with arms at the sides, and colleagues remain in an orderly line facing the ceremony.

JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

正せい式しき

seishiki

formal, official

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょの服装ふくそうは正式せいしきなパーティーでは場違ばちがいだった。

    Her clothes were out of place at a formal party.

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  2. あなたは正式せいしきなスピーチを用意よういする必要ひつようがありません。

    You needn’t prepare a formal speech.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは夫おっとと正式せいしきに離婚りこんした。

    She has legally divorced her husband.

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Kanji in 正式

  • 正correct; justiceOnセイ・ショウKunただしい・ただす・まさ
  • 式style; ceremonyOnシキ

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