カタ
Meanings
Noun
1. direction; way
also ほう
2. person; lady; gentleman
Noun
Suffix
3. method of; manner of; way of
The way the information is presented is strange.
Suffix
4. care of ...
5. person in charge of ...
also がた
6. side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
also がた
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (129 in total)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
one person; ordinary; common
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
trace; vestige; evidence
lady; gentleman; person
way; method; means; resource; course
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
foster parent
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
way of calling (something or someone)
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
the way (something) ought to be; (present) state (of); how things are
way of taking (a pill); way of drinking
payment method
way (of doing); manner; method; means
lady; gentleman; person
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
eastern direction; the Orient
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
other party; other side
way of talking; speaking style
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
way one walks; one's walk
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
care of; c/o
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
way; method; means; resource; course
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
way of asking; way of listening; listener
method of bringing up; method of raising
northern direction; north
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
that person; that gentleman; that lady
ways of sitting
weight
work style; way of working
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
unmistakable; evident; outright; authentic
unmistakable; evident; outright; authentic
presentation techniques; way of showing something
packhorse driver
(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition
root; lower part
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
way of standing; dancer (in a Japanese dance performance)
way of tying a knot
viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); way of appreciating (e.g. opera); way of understanding; how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.)
way; method; means; resource; course
way of living
customer; guest
debtor; debit; way of borrowing
way of handling
creditor; lender; credit side (of the ledger); method of lending
sewing method; sewer
buyer; purchaser; method of buying
one's wife's family; bride's family
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
accompaniment to a chant; musician accompanying a chant; samisen accompaniment to a recitation; samisen player accompanying a recitation; samisen music played between the sections of a nagauta; samisen interlude
musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.); background instruments
way (of going); route; way (of doing); method
way (of going); route; way (of doing); method
manner of swinging; way of swinging; way of dealing with something
way of training; method of bringing up children
way of affixing something; way of recording something (to a logbook, etc.)
propman; sceneshifter
method of teaching
undoubtedly; unmistakably; indisputably; definitely; certainly
undoubtedly; unmistakably; indisputably; definitely; certainly
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)
child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh); henchman; follower
theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher)
which way; which direction; where; who
setting; placement
seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling
kyogen performer; low-ranked house playwright (of kabuki)
losing side; defeated party
kitchen manager; chef; cook
how to manage (e.g. case); how to handle (e.g. machine); way with (e.g. children, animal)
rural area
style of building; construction; recipe; how to grow (something)
origami instructions
wholesaler; manufacturer; capitalist; financier; investor
way of swimming
way of life; how to live
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
way of justification, sorting, etc.
counting system; way (manner) of counting
way of holding (a writing brush, chopsticks, etc.); manner of holding; holder; person who holds
way of cooking; a cook
coach's name-use license (licence)
attitude; approach; move; theater usher; theatre usher
way to hit (a ball, drum, etc.); way to swing (a club); way to play (shogi, go, etc.)
method of earning; way of earning
cutting; cut
end of a period; end of the world
(one's) destination
before; previously; front; ahead; immature; unsophisticated
it cannot be helped; there is no other way
way of assembling; way of constructing; way of putting together
move; way to play
way of cutting; how to cut or slice
three people; day laborer (e.g. in construction); day labourer
self-employed person (esp. in the construction industry)
style of clothes; method of tailoring; method of training
coach associated with another coach's stable
coach who owns his own stable
kanji "direction" radical at left (radical 70)
singer in a nagauta performance
stagehand; sceneshifter
prop master; property master
people; (all) persons; everyone
interpretation; perception; understanding
Edo-period office in charge of compiling the traditional calendar, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc.
unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
Examples (200 in total)
Do you know how to get there?
Do you know how to do it?
But the way it shook was strange.