1.
style; manner; way of doing something
Used on its own to mean a style or manner, and very commonly attached to a noun as a suffix meaning "in the style of ~" or "~-style," as in ヨーロッパ風 (European-style).
As a suffix attached to a noun, 風 means "in the style/manner of ~": noun + 風 describes something that resembles or imitates that noun's style, without necessarily being the genuine article.
Common patterns
- ヨーロッパ風: European-style
- 和風: Japanese-style
- 洋風: Western-style
- 学者風: scholarly-looking, in the manner of a scholar