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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

様よう相そう

yousou

aspect, state of affairs

Example sentences

  1. コンピューターが産業さんぎょうの様相ようそうを大おおきく変かえた。

    Computers have changed the industrial picture considerably.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうを通とおしてみると、惑星わくせいはまったく新あらたな様相ようそうを呈ていする。

    Seen through a telescope, the planets take on a completely new appearance.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 時期じきや地域ちいきにより、様相ようそうが大おおきく異ことなる。

    The appearance greatly varies by time and place.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 様相

  • 様Esq.; wayOnヨウ・ショウKunさま・さん
  • 相inter-; mutualOnソウ・ショウKunあい-

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