A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image oftearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omenedbird that flies down with ill-luck.
◆ form (of a waka)
仏様は、うさぎの努力に感心し、うさぎを月に昇らせ、永遠にその姿をとどめさせたのです。
Buddha, impressed by the rabbit's efforts, raised him unto the moon and sethim in that form forever more.
突然、私は遠方に人の姿を認めたが、驚いたことに、その旅人が女性であることがすぐにわかった。
All at once I saw a human form in the distance, and, to my surprise, soonrecognized that the traveler was a woman.
☆ noun, used as a suffix
◆ dressed in..., wearing...
トムはスーツとネクタイ姿でパーティーに現れた。
Tom showed up at the party wearing a suit and tie.
花嫁姿の彼女は一段と美しかった。
She was all the more beautiful dressed in her wedding costume.
私が最後に見たときは、彼は青いシャツと白のスラックス姿でした。
When I last saw him, he was wearing a blue shirt and white slacks.