別状

Japanese

Kanji in this term
別	状
べつ Grade: 4	じょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
別狀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally, "other status".

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) べつじょー [bètsújóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [be̞t͡sɨʑo̞ː]

Noun

別(べつ)状(じょう) • (betsujō) ^{←べつじやう (betuzyau)^?}

(only in the negative) harm to life
命(いのち)に別状(べつじょう)はなかった。
Inochi ni betsujō wa nakatta.
There were no injuries or deaths.

別状(べつじょう)なし
betsujō nashi
no injuries or deaths

See also

異状(いじょう) (ijō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN