~方 (way of doing)

grammar

44 sentences

The suffix ~方 (read かた) attached to a verb's masu-stem to form a noun meaning 'way of doing X / method of X-ing / how to X' — 書き方 ('how to write'), 食べ方 ('way of eating'), 使い方 ('how to use'), 読み方 ('how to read'), 過ごし方 ('way of spending [time]'), 言い方 ('way of saying it'). The parallel pattern [noun]の仕方 ('the way of doing X') uses the noun 仕方. Distinct from the polite-counter 方 (かた) for people and from the contrastive 方 ('side, direction').

44 sentences

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Mother taught me how to make osechi.

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I discovered a way of jumping that lets you hit 202 meters in ski jumping!

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Oh right, of course. So I guess it's your way of shopping that's the stingy part, then.

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She found that way of his talking thrilling, you know.

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She doesn't like the way I talk.

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She's always complaining about how I do things.

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She taught me how to write poetry.

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She tailored her teaching to the slower learners.

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Depending on how users use them, machine-translation programs can produce significantly better results.

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He always speaks in an unnecessarily grandiose way.

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How suspect Miura has been spending his time in detention has come to light.

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That approach works too, but here let's use the factor theorem...

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You're speaking a bit too fast for me to follow. Could you slow down a little?

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Please tell me how to take this medicine.

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Please show me how to borrow a book.

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My jacket is cut differently from yours.

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My mother taught me how to make miso soup.

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You walk really slowly.

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My father is very particular about how his hair is cut.

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Her dream is to live a varied life.

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She has a broad perspective.

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She died a miserable death.

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She bakes bread using a special method.

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She taught me how to swim.

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She explained how to make the cake.

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She really knows how to handle children.

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She showed them how to fasten their seatbelts.

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She had a distinctive way of speaking.

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She doesn't know how to swim.

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She showed me how to use the hair dryer.