かたがた (katagata)

Meaning

  1. they (of people)

All JLPT 1 grammar : 方々(かたがた, katagata), they (of people); gentlemen (of the …), Noun

Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Example

日本語意味
おもちゃコンサルタントの方々が甲斐甲斐しく働く姿がとても印象的でした。Seeing the briskly working toy consultants also left a strong impression.
お世話になった全ての方々にお礼の言葉を述べたいと思います。I’d like to say a word of thanks to all those gentlemen and ladies whose care I have been in.
ロシア:人質事件の犠牲となった方々に哀悼の意を表す。Russia expresses regret for those lost in the hostage incident.
つい先日の列車事故においてはメーデーを出す間もなく、多くの方々が命を奪われた。Only the other day in a railway accident, without the time to send out a mayday, many people lost their lives.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
houdirection, way, side
印象inshouimpression
方々katagatathey
姿sugatafigure, form, shape
働くhatarakuto work
とてもtotemovery, exceedingly
全てsubeteeverything, all
haleaf
お礼oreithanks, gratitude
世話sewalooking after, help
言葉kotobalanguage, dialect
犠牲giseivictim, sacrifice, scapegoat
表すarawasuto represent, to show, to display
事件jikenevent, affair, accident
shitsuquality, value
hitoperson
多くookumany; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
inochilife, life force
列車resshatrain
先日senjitsuthe other day
事故jikoaccident, incident, trouble
出すdasuto take out

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
ホウかた, -かた, -がたdirection
ドウはたら.くwork
はな.す, はなしtale, talk
ゲン,ゴンい.う, ことsay, word
セイ,セ,ソウgeneration, world
おも.う, おもえら.く, おぼ.すthink
レイ,ライsalute, bow, ceremony
ヨウleaf, blade
ゼンまった.く, すべ.てwhole, entire, all
ジン,ニンひと, -り, -とperson
idea, mind
ジ,ズこと, つか.う, つか.えるmatter, thing
シツ,シチ,チたち, ただ.す, もとsubstance, quality
ヒョウおもて, -おもて, あらわ.すsurface, chart
ケンくだんaffair, case, matter
カン,ケンあいだ, ま, あいinterval, space
ニチ,ジツひ, -び, -かday, sun, Japan, counter for days
センさき, ま.ずbefore, ahead, previous, future, precedence
シャくるまcar
シュツ,スイで.る, -で, だ.すexit, leave, go out, come out, put out
おお.い, まさ.に, まさ.るmany, much
メイ,ミョウいのちfate, destiny, life
レツ,レfile, row, column

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