かた (kata) Meaning Japanese Grammar - Way
Anna Baffa Volpe
3 min reading time
Updated on 6 April 2023
The noun かた (kata) has a variety of meanings: direction, side,side, person.
The particular case that we will go throug in this post sees かた combined with a verb and takes on the meaning of: way, manner.
This form describes the way, the manner in which an action is performed.
In this post we learn more about the meaning of ございます, how it is formed and when ございます is used through real example sentences.
How かた is formed
かた is transcribed in Kanji as 方 and is preceded by the verb base.
For Ichidan verbs ending in る, the base is unique and is obtained by removing the syllable る.
寿司の正しい食べ方
How to eat sushi the right way.
For Godan Verbs:
漢字の読み方
How to read the kanji
How and when to use 方
We use 方 when we want to express how an action is performed, how something is done.
ケーキの作り方
How to make the cake
⇨ the way to make a cake
方 combined with the verb する
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Support us to unlockThe forms with 方 are grammatically nouns.
- 言い方: manner of speaking, becomes
expression,formulation - 生き方: how to live is the
lifestyle
Examples of 方
駅までの行き方を教えてください。
Please tell me how to get to the station.
Again, we can translate 行き方 with nouns: path, road, way.
⇨ Show me the way to the station please.
数え方
How to count
- method for counting
The image shown comes from a text of 小学校 Shōgakkō, the Japanese primary school and shows the numeric suffixes that joined to the number identify the category to which the element to be counted belongs.
自分の喋り方が変だと思ったことはありませんか。
Have you ever thought that the way you speak is strange?
Talking about Japanese rice
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手の描き方。
How to draw hands.
