How to say "style" in Japanese

• 風ふうCommon
  nounCovers 'style' as outward manner or flavor — the way of doing or making things associated with a country, era, or group; it characterizes something as being in the style of that thing.
  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.
• 型かたJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Here 'style' means a fixed pattern, model, or format — the established shape something takes — rather than personal manner or elegance; for fashion or artistic style this is not the word you want.
  ６００―Ｊ型がたのプリンターが１９９７年ねんの５月がつ４日かまで在庫ざいこ切きれとの御お知しらせありがとうございました。↗

  Thank you for letting me know that the Model 600-J printer will not be available until May 4, 1997.
• ぶりCommon
  suffixDescribes the visible way someone does something — their manner of working, living, or speaking — rather than style in the artistic or fashion sense; it is usually written in kana.
  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.
• 式しきJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Its core meanings are ceremony, formula, and method; for 'style' it appears mainly where a fixed type or system is meant, and it is seldom the word you want for style as manner or fashion.
• 流りゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
  suffixThe word for a distinctive style or school of an art, craft, or discipline — also one's own personal way of doing things; the natural choice when 'style' means a school or an individual approach.

Choose 流 for a school or personal style of an art, 風 for the manner of a place or era, 「ぶり」 for how someone's actions appear, 型 for a fixed pattern, and 式 for a type or system.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 風ふうmanner
• 型かたtype
• ぶりway
• 式しきway
• 流りゅうway
• 様式ようしきstyle
• タイプtype
• 作風さくふうstyle (of a work, author, artist, etc.)
• 風格ふうかくpersonality
• 流儀りゅうぎway (of doing things)
• 格調かくちょうtone (of speech, writing, etc.)
• なりstyle
• 形かたshape
• 語調ごちょうtone (of voice)
• 垢抜けあかぬけrefinement
• 姿態したいfigure
• 流流りゅうりゅうworkmanship
• っぷりmanner
• 粋作りいきづくりstylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.)
• 文章ぶんしょうwriting
• 花柱かちゅう(flower's) style
• 形かたちform (as opposed to substance)
• 格好かっこうappearance
• スタイルstyle
• タッチtouch (of a painter, pianist, etc.)
• 形式けいしきformat
• 格かくmethod
• 体裁ていさい(proper) format (e.g. of an essay)
• ようform
• 調子ちょうしvein
• 体たいshape
• あやstyle (of writing)
• アロマclass
• 一家いっか(one's own) style
• 調ちょうstyle