状

じょう
shape

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I

じょう【状】

1 〔状態〕 condition; state; 〔事情〕 circumstances; 〔ようす〕 appearance(s).

2 〔書状〕 a letter; an epistle.

●御状拝見. Your letter has been received and the contents noted.

状差し ⇒じょうさし.

II

-じょう【-状】

1 〔手紙〕 a letter.

●紹介[推薦]状 a letter of introduction [recommendation]

・招待状 a letter of invitation; an invitation.

2 〔…に似た〕 -like; -shaped; -form; in the form of 《a liquid》.

●球状の globe-like[-shaped]; globular; globoid

・チューブ状の tube-shaped; tubular

・くさび状の cuneiform; wedge-shaped

・ガス状の gaseous; gasiform

・つり鐘[鈴]状の花 a bell-shaped flower.