shape or form / shapeliness: see 形有り (katachiari) / form, as opposed to substance

(linguistics) grammatical tense / (Japanese grammar) a conjugation form of a verb

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

the passive form or conjugation of a verb

Synonym of 四角形 (shikakukei, shikakkei, “quadrilateral”) (polygon having four sides)

(grammar) a Japanese verbal inflectional category: the irrealis form

(grammar) a singular form of a word

(grammar) a plural form of a word