one's clothing and appearance / one's body shape or form / one's circumstances or situation / the shape or form of something

following the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb, indicates the state of the affixed verb or phrase: compare English just as

shapes

(mathematics) associative law

(grammar) Short for カ行変格活用 (ka-gyō henkaku katsuyō): k-irregular conjugation

(nonstandard, linguistics) The katakana syllable カ゚ (nga). Its equivalent in hiragana is か゚ (nga)

metallic bond

temporary, interim, provisional, alias

few, scarce, meager, little / widow(er)

one-eyed goblin, a Japanese monster