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

Mongolia

Inner Mongolia (an autonomous region of China)

Outer Mongolia

Obsolete spelling of シカゴ (Shikago, “Chicago (a city in Illinois, United States)”)

the Paleogene period

the passive form or conjugation of a verb

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