How to say "manner" in Japanese

• 風ふうCommon
  nounCovers 'manner' as a style or way of doing or appearing, close to 'in the manner of'. Typical when describing how something looks or is done in a particular style.
  それをどんな風ふうに実行じっこうしたらいいかが問題もんだいだ。↗

  The question is how to carry it out.
• 方法ほうほうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'manner' as a way or method of doing something — the sense of 'how' a task or process is carried out. Not the word for polite behaviour or bearing.
  これが、私が英語えいごを勉強べんきょうした方法ほうほうだ。↗

  This is how I learned English.
• ぶりCommon
  suffixDescribes the manner in which someone does something or the way things are going, as observed from outside, often with an evaluative nuance — 'the way she works' rather than the method itself.
  彼かれは彼女かのじょの話はなし振ぶりが気きに入はいらなかった。↗

  He did not like her manner of speech.
• 流りゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
  suffixRefers to a distinctive style or school of doing things — 'one's own way' or a tradition's fashion — rather than neutral manner. For plain 'manner' it is seldom the word you want.
• 態度たいどJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'manner' as personal bearing or behaviour toward others — a polite manner, a rude manner. Use it for how someone conducts themselves, not for ways of doing tasks.
  私は彼かれの態度たいどが癪しゃくに障さわった。↗

  I was annoyed at his behavior.

Choose 方法 for a way of doing something, 態度 for bearing or behaviour toward others, 風 for a style or 'in the manner of', 「ぶり」 for the observed way someone acts, and 流 for a distinctive personal style.

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• 風ふうmanner
• 方法ほうほうmethod
• ぶりway
• 流りゅうway
• 態度たいどattitude
• 人当たりひとあたりmanner (with others)
• 物腰ものごしmanner
• やり方やりかたway (of doing)
• モードmode (e.g. of a machine)
• 素振りそぶりbehavior
• っぷりmanner
• やり口やりくちway (of doing)
• 挙措きょそbehavior
• 風度ふうどappearance and personality
• 風かぜmanner
• 形かたちform (as opposed to substance)
• 具合ぐあいway
• 肌触りはだざわりmanner (with others)
• 口当たりくちあたりmanner
• 様さまstate
• 外面がいめんmanner (with others)
• 様子ようすappearance
• 調子ちょうしvein
• 形式けいしきformat
• 色しょく(outward) appearance
• 触りさわりmanner (towards others)
• 方ほうway