Illustration: Inside a Japanese coin laundry, a row of washing machines runs steadily except for one that has lurched forward from its place. Its drum churns a tangled duvet, its feet lift unevenly, and a detergent bottle on top tips toward the edge.

JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

異い常じょう

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abnormal, unusual

Example sentences

  1. そんなにたくさん食たべるのは異常いじょうだ。

    It is abnormal to eat so much.

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  2. 異常いじょうありませんか。

    Is everything all right?

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  3. 僕ぼくは異常いじょうな物音ものおとを聞きいた。

    I heard an unusual sound.

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Kanji in 異常

  • 異uncommon; differentOnイKunこと・ことなる・け
  • 常usual; ordinaryOnジョウKunつね・とこ-

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