Appearance

Japanese: 姿 - すがた

〘 noun 〙 [1] The appearance of a person's body and clothing. The impression one gets from a person's appearance. ① The appearance of a person's body shape, clothing, attitude, etc. Appearance. Also, posture. Appearance . ※The Chronicles (720), Emperor Kōgyoku 3rd year, January (Tosho-ryō Honin) "I knew that Nakatomi Kamako-no- Muraji 's spirit was high and running wild and difficult to stop." ※Genji (around 1001-14), Aoi "The urn and other attire were so rude that it was unbearable for a woman." ② Body. Body. → A container for one's appearance. ※Daigoji Hon- Yusen -kutsu Kōei 3rd year encyclopedia (1344) "Her body was young and her spirit was like a dream ." ③ A person with a beautiful face. Beautiful woman. Beautiful woman. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Five Lovely Women (1686), 3 "The guards of the barrier in their stylist's appearance, a cherry blossom viewing party at Shijo in Kyoto " [2] The shape or appearance of something. ① The shape of an object. The state of an object. ※Utsubo (c. 970-999), Fukiage no Ue "The way the flowers stand is like something planted" ② The state of affairs. The state of affairs. The situation. The mood. ※Horikawa Hyakushu (c. 1105-06), Spring "In the light green of spring, Princess Saho wears a wig made of a drooping willow (Fujiwara no Nakamitsu)" ※Songs, Ruined Castle Moon (1901), (Doi Bansui) "The shadows above do not change, but the appearance of the world changes with the rise and fall of the times" ③ In theories of poetry, linked verse, haiku, etc., the overall image of the content and expression of a poem or verse, as well as the tone and rhythm that result from it. Poetry style. A style of verse. *Shinsen Zuiunou (early 11th century): "In general, poems are deep and pure, and have amusing parts that can be said to be excellent." [3] A pawn. A hostage. [Nippo Jisho (Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary) (1603-04)]

Shi [appearance]

〘 noun 〙 appearance; shape. ※Yi Lin Hon Setsuyoshu (1597) "Sugata shi" (appearance, shape) [Book of the Later Han - Biography of Li Gu]

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Japanese:

〘名〙[一] 人のからだの恰好や、衣服などを身につけた時のようす。外見からとらえる人の印象。① 人のからだつきや身なり、態度などのようす。風采(ふうさい)。また、姿態。容姿。※書紀（720）皇極三年一月（図書寮本訓）「中臣鎌子連の意気(こころはへ)の高く逸(すく)れて容止(スカタ)犯(な)し難きことを識りて」※源氏（1001‐14頃）葵「壺装束などいふすかたにて女ばうのいやしからぬ」② からだ。身。→姿の入れ物。※醍醐寺本遊仙窟康永三年点（1344）「身体(スカタ)飛(あがる)が若く、精霊(たましひ)夢に似」③ 美しい顔形の人。美人。美女。※浮世草子・好色五人女（1686）三「姿(スカタ)の関守京の四条はいきた花見有」[二] 事物の形状、様相。① 物のかたち。物のさま。※宇津保（970‐999頃）吹上上「いはほの立てるすがた、植ゑたるもののごとくして」② 事の様相。ありさま。形勢。おもむき。※堀河百首（1105‐06頃）春「あさみどり春の姿にさほ姫はしだり柳のかつらしてけり〈藤原仲実〉」※唱歌・荒城の月（1901）〈土井晩翠〉「天上影は替らねど栄枯は移る世の姿」③ 歌論、連歌論、俳論などで、一つの歌や句の内容と表現にわたる全体的な形象、また、それによってもたらされた格調や律調など。歌体。句体。※新撰髄脳（１１Ｃ初）「凡そ哥は心ふかくすがたきよげに、心にをかしき所あるを、すぐれたりといふべし」[三] 質物。人質。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕