Expressing a Way or Method: ～方

• Japanese Grammar Guide
• Expressing a Way or Method: ～方

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To recap, the verb stem is the polite form of the verb with the ます removed.

Verb	Dictionary	Polite	Stem
to go	行いく	行いきます	行いき〜
to eat	食たべる	食たべます	食たべ〜
to do	する	します	し〜

We can use the verb stem with the kanji 方 to say “way of doing something”—an especially handy phrase when you first set foot in the Japan and there are many things you don’t yet know.

正ただしいやり方かたを教おしえてください。

Please show me the correct way to do this.

先生せんせいの話はなし方かたが面白おもしろいです。

The teacher has an amusing way of speaking.

このマシンの使つかい方かたがわかりません。

I don’t know the way to use this machine.