ようす – Vocabulary details

ようす

Noun

1. state (of affairs); situation; circumstances

暗くらくて下したの様よう子すが分わからなかった。It was dark, so I couldn't tell what things were like below.

2. appearance; look(s); air; manner; behaviour; demeanor

その様よう子すを、静しずかに見みつめる者ものがいた。There was someone quietly watching that scene.

3. sign; indication

先さきほど謝あやまったが、彼かの女じょはまるで気きにした様よう子すもなく笑え顔がおを見みせていた。I apologized earlier, but she just smiled without the slightest sign of minding.

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うす

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move

according to circumstances; depending on the state of things; according to how the situation develops

彼かの女じょはどんなようすだった？

What did she look like?

どうもようすが変へんだ。

Somehow, something seems off.

こちらのようすを探さぐっているのだろう。

They are probably probing into our situation.

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