異状

Reading

Kana: いじょう

Romaji: ijō

Definition

noun

1

something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration

Kanji

異

Readings: イ、 こと、 こと.なる、 け

Meanings: uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual

状

Reading: ジョウ

Meanings: status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

Example Sentences

ｘ線(えっくすせん)写真(しゃしん)で異状(いじょう)が認(みと)められます。

➥We have detected an abnormality on your x-ray.

彼(かれ)らは万事(ばんじ)異状(いじょう)なしということを電報(でんぽう)で伝(つた)えた。

➥They telegraphed that everything was all right.

その事故(じこ)によって私(わたし)たちは異状(いじょう)事態(じたい)に陥(おちい)った。

➥We were faced with an unusual situation because of the accident.