How to say "way" in Japanese

• ぶりCommon
  suffixCovers 'way' as manner or style — the way someone does something. Typical when commenting on how a person works, lives, or speaks; usually written in kana alone.
  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.
• 仕様しようJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'way' as method or means, especially the way a thing is built or designed — its specification. For the general sense of 'way' it is seldom the word you want.
• 式しきJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers 'way' as a style, fashion, or method — a particular way of doing or making something. It is also the word for a ceremony; for a general 'way' it is seldom what you want.
• 方かたJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers 'way' as direction — which way something is, points, or moves — the same ground as the ほう reading below. The two readings of 方 overlap; do not assume a neat split between them.
• 方ほうJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers 'way' as direction — which way someone or something is, goes, or faces — and also the side or area in a particular direction. Its senses include all those of the かた reading above.

「ぶり」 describes the manner or style in which someone does something; 式 and 仕様 name particular methods or styles rather than the general 'way'; both readings of 方 cover direction, with ほう also covering side and area.

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

• ぶりway
• 仕様しようway
• 式しきway
• 方かたdirection
• 方ほうdirection
• 風ふうmanner
• 方法ほうほうmethod
• 仕方しかたway
• 流りゅうway
• ウェイway
• モードmode (e.g. of a machine)
• 手段しゅだんmeans
• 途方とほうway
• 方角ほうがくdirection
• 方向ほうこうdirection
• 流儀りゅうぎway (of doing things)
• 途とway
• 致し方いたしかたway
• やり方やりかたway (of doing)
• 道順みちじゅんroute
• なりstyle
• すべway
• 行き方いきかたway (of going)
• 一途いっとway
• やり口やりくちway (of doing)
• 詮せんway
• 路次ろじway
• 詮方せんかたway
• 方途ほうとway
• 行き道ゆきみちroute (when going somewhere)
• 仕口しくちmethod
• なすすべmeans
• よすがsomething to rely on
• 道みちroute
• 具合ぐあいway
• 調子ちょうしvein
• 術じゅつmeans
• 格かくmethod
• 道のりみちのりpath (e.g. to one's goal)
• 道どうway
• 法術ほうじゅつmethod
• 伝でんmethod
• 手てmeans
• 点てんpoint