～風

～ふう · ～fuu · JLPT N2 · noun

manner

🌬️ 風 wind → manner: 和風 = Japanese style, the way the wind blows there

In Chinese, 風 meant wind, and later the customs that spread from place to place like wind. That is how it came to mean style. Put ～風 after a noun: 和風 Japanese-style, 洋風 Western-style, 昭和風 Showa-era style.

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