異状

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異	状
い Grade: 6	じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
異狀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally, "abnormal status".

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いじょー [ìjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [iʑo̞ː]

Noun

異(い)状(じょう) • (ijō) ^{←いじやう (izyau)^?}

oddity; abnormality; peculiarity; abnormal status
『西(せい)部(ぶ)戦(せん)線(せん)異(い)状(じょう)なし』
“Seibu Sensen Ijō Nashi”
There are no abnormalities on the Western Front (the Japanese title of All Quiet on the Western Front)

See also

異常(いじょう) (ijō, literally “deviance from normalcy”)
別状(べつじょう) (betsujō)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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