模様

Meaning

1. n
   pattern; figure; design
2. n
   state; condition
3. n
   conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
4. n
   model; pattern; example
5. n
   indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm)
6. n
   framework; territorial framework; moyo

Example sentences

• そこに赤井選手も加わり、ゴール前は混戦模様となった。

  There Akai joins them and it becomes a free-for-all in front of the finish line.

• 混戦模様となったレースだが、四宮は集団をラップしたこともあり、終盤、確実にタイミングよくポイントを重ね優勝した。

  The race developed into a free-for-all but Shinomiya lapped the group and in the final stage steadily piled on points with good timing to achieve victory.

• この２つは模様が全然違うのだが、内部形態に差が見られず同一とみなされているようです。

  These two have completely different patterning but no difference is seen in their internal morphology so it seems that they are considered the same.