～型: The "style" lesson

Introduction

I realized that you don't know how to say "heart-shaped" or "hairstyle" in Japanese yet, so, welcome to a grammar lesson that's all about shapes and forms.

Time to learn all about かた! Uh, I mean, がた. Uhh, I mean けい. Ah, no. すがた... maybe?

型かた・けい: Shapes, moulds, patterns, and styles

構成こうせい

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  Noun型がた・型けい

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  Nounの型かた

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  い-adjective型かた
  Example:
  → 髪かみ型がた、変かえたの？
  ”Did you change your hairstyle?”

For our lesson today, we'll be looking at 型かた, which can be used as both a standalone noun and a suffix.

型かた + ～型がた: All shapes and sizes

① かた

Let's start off with 型かた on its own, as a plain old noun that means "model; type; mould".