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])
• IPA^(key): [iʑo̞ː]

Noun

異(い)状(じょう) • (ijō) ^{←いじやう (izyau)?}

1. 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)