way of doing, how to do

Verb stem plus 方 creates a noun meaning the way or method of doing: 読み方 is how to read, 作り方 is how to make. The original object's を usually changes to の: 漢字の書き方. The result behaves as an ordinary noun.

Examples

• この漢字かんじの読よみ方かたを教おしえてください。

  Kono kanji no yomikata o oshiete kudasai.

  Please tell me how to read this kanji.

• ケーキの作つくり方かたを習ならいました。

  Keeki no tsukurikata o naraimashita.

  I learned how to make a cake.

Vocabulary in these examples

• この this (+ noun)
• 漢字 kanji; Chinese character
• 教える to teach; to tell
• くださる to give (honorific)
• ケーキ cake
• 習う to learn

Related patterns · Word formation

• 〜すぎる too much, excessively
• 〜やすい easy to do
• 〜にくい hard to do
• 〜さ turns adjectives into nouns (-ness)