- 1. [n, n-suf] way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type
- 2. [n] ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration
- 3. [n] wedding (ceremony)
- 4. [n] equation; formula; expression
- 5. [n] enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes) (hist)
Kanji in this word
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式
style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expressionOn: シキ (shiki)
Example Sentences
彼は事故でその式に出席できなかった。
An accident prohibited his attending the ceremony.
社長の挨拶が長くて式の後半が押せ押せになってしまった。
The company president's welcome was so long that we were squeezed for time in the second half of the ceremony.
式に余分の変数を加えたことによって、この実験結果は不明瞭なものになっている。
The result of this experiment is obscured by the extra variables added in the formula.