(archaic, auxiliary) to be / (archaic) to be

(grammar, obsolete) “shi-type”, referring to the i adjective in Japanese grammar, specifically the ク活用 (ku katsuyō, “ku inflection”), corresponding to modern Japanese adjectives ending in -i but not -shii

Synonym of 下様 (shimozama): a low rank, subordinate

a surname

Alternative form of このざま

(archaic, possibly obsolete) up, the upward direction

a person's appearance (as of body, or style, or face, etc.) / the state or situation of a thing / the general trend, tenor, or feel of a thing / one's social station, status, or quality

(archaic, honorific) second-person pronoun: you, you all / (archaic, honorific) third-person distal pronoun: he, she, they (distant from both speaker and listener)

(honorific) polite personal suffix: honorable, Mr., Ms. / (honorific) attaching to nouns or other nominals: a politeness marker that often has no direct translation, replacing copula です (desu)

to be proper; to be respectable; to have propriety