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Illustration of 様相

様相ようそう

ようそう yousou Play N1 Noun

物事や状況のありさま、またはその一つの側面。 aspect

Example 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.

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Example 2

景気の回復に伴い、街の様相も明るくなった。

As the economy recovered, the appearance of the town also brightened.

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Kanji breakdown

様

N3

Esq.; way; manner; situation; polite suffix

On reading
ヨウ、ショウ
Kun reading
さま、さん
Radical
木

相

N3

inter-; mutual; together; each other; minister of state; councillor; aspect; phase; physiognomy

On reading
ソウ、ショウ
Kun reading
あい-
Radical
目
Illustration of 一様
N1

いちよう

uniformity; evenness; similarity; equality; impartiality

Illustration of 仕様
N1

しよう

way; method; resource; remedy; (technical) specification

Illustration of 外相
N1

がいしょう

Foreign Minister

Illustration of 多様
N1

たよう

diversity; variety

Illustration of 有様
N1

ありさま

state; condition; circumstances; the way things are or should be; truth