異状

いじょう

Meanings

1. Noun something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble; change

Kanji

• 異 different. Read as イ.
• 状 condition. Read as ジョウ.

Example sentences

• その事故によって私たちは異状事態に陥った。
  We were faced with an unusual situation because of the accident.
• ｘ線写真で異状が認められます。
  We have detected an abnormality on your x-ray.
• 彼らは万事異状なしということを電報で伝えた。
  They telegraphed that everything was all right.

Words containing 異状

• 異状死 (いじょうし) unnatural death
• 異状死体 (いじょうしたい) body of a person who died an abnormal death
• 西部戦線異状なし (せいぶせんせんいじょうなし) All Quiet on the Western Front (1929 book; 1930, 1979, and 2022 film adaptations)

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