しき
shiki

Noun
Suffix

1. way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type

かれ事故じこでそのしき出席しゅっせきできなかった。
karewa jikode sono shikini shusseki dekinakatta.
An accident prohibited his attending the ceremony.
Noun

2. ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration

社長しゃちょう挨拶あいさつながくてしき後半こうはんせになってしまった。
shachōno aisatsuga nagakute shikino kōhanga oseoseni natte shimatta.
The company president's welcome was so long that we were squeezed for time in the second half of the ceremony.
Noun

3. wedding (ceremony)

Noun

4. equation; formula; expression

しき余分よぶん変数へんすうくわえたことによって、この実験じっけん結果けっか明瞭めいりょうなものになっている。
shikini yobunno hensūo kuwaeta kotoniyotte kono jikken kekkawa fumēryōna mononi natte iru.
The result of this experiment is obscured by the extra variables added in the formula.
Noun

5. enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)

Dated
Related to 律令