異状
Japanese
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異 | 状 |
い Grade: 6 | じょう Grade: 5 |
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異狀 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Literally, "abnormal status".
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) いじょー [ìjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [iʑo̞ː]
Noun
異状 • (ijō) ←いじやう (izyau)?
- oddity; abnormality; peculiarity; abnormal status
- 『西部戦線異状なし』
- “Seibu Sensen Ijō Nashi”
- There are no abnormalities on the Western Front (the Japanese title of All Quiet on the Western Front)
- 『西部戦線異状なし』
See also
- 異常 (ijō, literally “deviance from normalcy”)
- 別状 (betsujō)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN