しき
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type
I'm not used to the American way of doing things.
Noun
2. ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration
Brian-san's retirement ceremony is cancelled!!
3. wedding (ceremony)
So, when shall we hold our wedding ceremony?
4. equation; formula; expression
Please solve this equation.
5. enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (376 in total)
(something) so small; so little; trifling
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
so trifling; so trivial
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
funeral
formula; prescribed form; established formality
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
ceremony; manners
ceremony; rites
numerical formula
opening ceremony (of the school term)
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
to hold a ceremony
foldable; collapsible
awarding ceremony
model (e.g. of a vehicle); type
unveiling ceremony
program of a ceremony (programme)
traditional Japanese wedding ceremony (usu. at a shrine or temple)
to formularize (a theory); to formularise
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
graduation ceremony; commencement
school entrance ceremony
form; method; system; formula
style; form; pattern
baptismal ceremony; baptism
old type; old style
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
(something) so small; so little; trifling
diagram; graph; schema
coming-of-age ceremony
share (in a company); stock
coronation ceremony; enthronement
signing ceremony
opening ceremony
latest style
holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony
formula; equation; method of calculation; calculus
prescribed form (of writing); format
award ceremony; prize-giving
informal; simplified
enthronement ceremony; coronation
(appearing, occurring) one after another
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
defined style; predetermined style; official style; rule
inauguration; installation ceremony
formal (way); orthodox; regular; in earnest; serious; proper
closing ceremony
funeral service; memorial service; farewell ceremony (e.g. for a retiree)
new form; new formula
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
step in a Japanese entranceway
ceremonial dress
automatic (e.g. door, gun, etc.)
polynomial
prefabricated; knockdown; demountable (e.g. motor); flatpack (furniture)
Western-style; Western-fashioned
chemical formula
investiture
etiquette; manners
snowballing (phenomenon, effect)
system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam
self-propelled (type)
military style; army style
electrically operated; electric powered
dial-style (e.g. of phones)
dial-style (e.g. of phones)
exponential growth; geometric progression
naval review
ceremony held before going into battle; ceremony to kick off an election campaign
Engi-Shiki (set of ancient Japanese governmental regulations)
raised-floor-style (granary, truck, etc.)
free-form (answer, etc.); essay style
electrical; electric
multiple choice (e.g. question)
completion ceremony; graduation ceremony
structural formula
military review; troop review; (military) parade
inequality (expression)
kindergarten graduation ceremony
equality
(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony
soft (esp. of softball, tennis, etc.)
christening (ceremony)
year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
administration of an oath
rule; rite
ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building; inauguration ceremony
opening of a ceremony
Spartan; spartan; harsh; rigid; severe; strict
cylinder (of a revolver)
kindergarten entrance ceremony
ceremonial address
memorial services
Holy Communion; the Eucharist; the Lord's Supper
launching ceremony; ceremonial ship launching
model year (of an automobile, etc.)
school entrance ceremony
off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on
attestation (investiture) ceremony
electronic; electronic formula
Shinto rites; Shinto style
formal opening (e.g. of a railway, road, etc.); opening ceremony; inauguration ceremony
conditional expression
initiation ceremony
various goods; prices
presentation ceremony
(feudal era) law code
nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony
hydraulic (machine, brake, etc.)
algebraic expression
front-load washing machine
front-load washing machine
retirement ceremony of a wrestler where his top-knot is cut
deeply indented coastline; rias coastline
floating type (e.g. airport, offshore wind turbine)
last-minute; eleventh-hour
coming-of-age ceremony
religious service; religious practice
chemical equation; reaction formula
golden wedding (anniversary); 50th wedding anniversary
simple system; single-entry (bookkeeping)
extreme decline; decay
ceremony to mark completion
double-entry (e.g. bookkeeping)
signing ceremony (for a law, treaty, etc.)
concatenation expression
Corinthian order
opening ceremony
school opening ceremony
investiture of the Crown Prince
divorce ceremony
groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony
relational expression
molecular formula
two-part washing machine
military review; (military) parade
pelican crossing; pedestrian light controlled crossing; push-button activated pedestrian crossing; push-button operated
Ionic order
New Year firefighters' event
water-cooled
hand-clapping ceremony (celebrating the settling of a bargain, marking a reconciliation, etc.)
entrance ceremony (when students enter a dormitory)
compound expression
recurrence relation; recurrence formula
British style; Dunlop valve; Woods valve
opening ceremony (of an event, show, etc.)
investing of an official appointed by the Emperor
ceremony celebrating the formation of an organization (organisation)
presentation of employment offer; orientation occasion for prospective employees
discriminant
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
screw type; screw-on; threaded
automated external defibrillator; AED
automated external defibrillator; AED
systematically; in turn; consequentially; mechanically; automatically
toilet (from which night-soil may be collected)
mathematical formula; numerical expression
wedding (anniversary)
formal; regular; valid; categorical
liquid cooled; liquid cooling
Ogino method (of birth control); rhythm method
Ogino method (of birth control); rhythm method
ridgepole-raising ceremony
program of a ceremony; programme of a ceremony
multistage rocket
Gothic style (of art)
closed circuit
stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it
essay-type (examination, etc.)
injection device; spray
Doric order
style of garden that features a path around a pond
contact; contact type; contact-type
suspended type
interment of ashes (ceremony)
interactive
framework raising ceremony
making materials in a library available in open stacks
chemical structural formula
algebraic equation; polynomial; character expression; literal expression
American style
hunt-and-peck (typing method)
irrational expression
monomial (expression)
linear expression
general expression
Hepburn system (of romanizing Japanese); Hepburn romanization
Byzantine style (of architecture)
coming-of-age ceremony for middle school students
ceremonial music
closed stack system (e.g. library)
inverted-type (e.g. shock-absorber)
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki
retractable (e.g. tape measure, landing gear)
in-ear (headphones); canal-type; closed-fit; intra-aural
fractional expression
solution
opening ceremony
place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet; bet that predicts a top 2 or top 3 finish (depending on number of horses, etc. in race)
arithmetic expression
constant expression
inflatable (in the sense of "needs to be inflated for normal use")
heated tobacco product; heat-not-burn tobacco product; electrically heated smoking
abdication ceremony
magneto telephone; hand-crank telephone
school closing ceremony
true-or-false style (e.g. a test)
model; (good) example; exemplar; formula; expression
ground-breaking ceremony
following equation
old fashioned; in ancient style
funeral ceremony; wake
cornerstone (foundation stone) ceremony
rational expression
imaginary expression
win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
traditional Japanese engagement ceremony
syllogism
instruction format
evaluation formula; valuation plan
stock offering (to the public)
horizontal stone chamber; corridor-type tunnel tomb
transformation (of a formula or expression); deformation
cylinder (of a revolver)
batch mode; batch style
looseleaf
conditional expression (programming, programing)
single-seated
synchronization; synchronisation
two-wire-system
military review
dedicatory ceremony
regular ceremony; established form
empirical formula
across-the-board (policy)
proportional expression
multiple agriculture
bow-twirling ceremony at the end of each day of a Grand Sumo Tournament
multiple-choice
Dow Jones Industrial Average
memorial service for the war dead
multiple barrel model; multi-barrel model
ceremony of tsuna-making
first ring-entering ceremony of the newly promoted grand champion, performed at Meiji shrine
Linnaean nomenclature
Aussie-Rules Football; Australian-Rules Football
proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list
Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)
forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
French style; Presta valve
Vulcanian eruption
Hawaiian eruption
imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)
Boolean datatype; logical datatype; Boolean expression
programmable calculator
macro expression
printing calculator
start-stop transmission
start-stop system
comparison expression
asynchronous
association football; soccer
no-par stock; no-par-value stock
regression equation
small garden best enjoyed while sitting at a fixed viewing point
fan-equipped cooling system; fan-cooled system
transposition cipher
Tokyo-style accent, widely used in Japan
Keihan-style accent; Kyoto-Osaka accent
Sanuki accent, used in northern Shikoku
seven styles of tea ceremonies
partial differential equation
tumble dryer; rotary dryer (industrial)
seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school
consecration ceremony
man-portable air-defense system; MANPADS
multimodality; polymodality
climate of the Setouchi Region
cyclic compound; ring compound
fixed-time traffic lights
cross-shareholdings policy
congruence equation
Kumon method (of learning)
fixed-bottom type (esp. offshore wind turbine)
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ECMO
island platform; center platform; centre platform
single non-transferable vote; SNTV
single transferable vote; STV
kunrei-shiki romanization (government-authorized system of romanizing Japanese); kunrei system
battery-operated; battery-powered
mechanical
Yale romanization (of East Asian languages)
Wade-Giles romanization (of Chinese)
side platform; marginal platform; single-face platform
mobile; portable; ambulatory
active-matrix organic light-emitting diode; AMOLED
d'Hondt method (apportionment method for allocating seats in parliament)
earbud-type (headphones; i.e. not sealing the ear canal); open-fit (earbuds); intra-concha; flat-head
Doric order
accented word in Japanese pitch accent
detachable; removable; clip-on
female martial artist (Edo period); female martial arts instructor; supplementary administrative ordinance issued alongside a separate statute (ritsuryō system)
camera with interchangeable lenses; interchangeable lenses camera
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
Examples (26 in total)
I don't want to participate in the ceremony.
Are you going to attend the ceremony?
A modest ceremony is fine.