I Love Kanji異常 (ijou)
異常 (いじょう, ijou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “abnormal; unusual”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いじょう
- Romaji
- ijou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 異常
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 異常だ | いじょうだ ijouda |
| Present (polite) | 異常です | いじょうです ijoudesu |
| Negative | 異常じゃない | いじょうじゃない ijoujanai |
| Past | 異常だった | いじょうだった ijoudatta |
| Negative past | 異常じゃなかった | いじょうじゃなかった ijoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 異常で | いじょうで ijoude |
| Before a noun | 異常な | いじょうな ijouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 異常に | いじょうに ijouni |
Kanji in 異常
異
uncommon, different, queernessイ・こと・こと.なる · 11 strokes常
usual, ordinary, normalジョウ・つね・とこ- · 11 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 異常.
異動いどう(personnel) change異なることなるto differ異いdifference (of opinion)異論いろんdifferent opinion驚異きょういwonder異議いぎobjection異性いせいthe opposite sex異見いけんdifferent opinion非常にひじょうにvery常識じょうしきcommon sense常につねにalways日常にちじょうeveryday非常ひじょうemergency正常せいじょうnormal
Source: JMdict entry 1157760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.