JLPT N3 · Noun

格 (kaku)

格 (かく, kaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “status; position”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かく
Romaji: kaku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

status; position; rank · noun, suffix noun
method; way; style · noun
rule; regulation; law · noun
case · noun
figure (form of a syllogism) · noun

Example sentences

thatには、主格、目的格の２つしかなく、格による形の変化はない。

'That' has only the two cases, nominative and objective, and it does not inflect depending on the case.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 格

status, rank, capacityカク・コウ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 格.

格好かっこうshape性格せいかくcharacter (of a person)価格かかくprice合格ごうかくpassing (an exam)資格しかくqualifications格別かくべつparticular同格どうかくthe same rank格差かくさqualitative difference規格きかくstandard人格じんかくpersonality体格たいかくbuild失格しっかくdisqualification本格ほんかくoriginal method

Source: JMdict entry 1205270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.