風

ふう

Meanings

1. Noun manner; way; style
2. appearance; air; likeness
3. custom; convention; practice
4. folk song (genre of the Shi Jing) See also: 六義 (りくぎ).
5. wind (one of the five elements) See also: 五大 (ごだい).
6. Suffix -ish; resembling; -looking (after a noun)

Kanji

• 風 wind. Read as フウ.

Example sentences

• どういうふうにして彼女と知り合ったのですか。
  How did you come to know her?
• 君はあんなふうに親に口答えすべきではない。
  You shouldn't talk back to your parents like that.
• 君はあんなふうに口答えすべきではない。
  You shouldn't talk back like that.
• 君がそんな風に考えるのはどうしてだい。
  What is it that makes you think that way?
• 居酒屋は日本風のパブのことです。
  An izakaya is a Japanese-style pub.

Common phrases

• そんな風に in that manner
• どういう風に how
• あんな風に in that way
• 臆病風に吹かれる (おくびょうかぜにふかれる) to become scared

Words containing 風

• 風邪 (かぜ) (common) cold
• 台風 (たいふう) typhoon
• 作風 (さくふう) style (of a work, author, artist, etc.)

And 471 more.

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