異様

See also: 異樣

Japanese
Kanji in this term
異 様
い
Grade: 6		 よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

異様 (-na inflection, hiragana いよう, rōmaji iyō)

  1. strange, peculiar, outlandish
    異 (い)様 (よう)な格 (かっ)好 (こう)
    iyō na kakkō
    peculiar appearance
    • 1870, “第五部　江戸―外城の東部村近 第二十五章町人街 [Part 5: Edo – Villages near the eastern part of Sotoshiro. Chapter 25 – Commoner's district]”, in 新異国叢書 [New Foreign Publications], volume 15, page 111:
      日 (に)本 (ほん)の方 (ほう)々 (ぼう)の湾 (わん)で採 (と)れる亀 (カメ)や貽貝 (イガイ)、不 (ぶ)格 (かっ)好 (こう)な蛸 (タコ)や異 (い)様 (よう)な甲殻類 (こうかくるい)などである。
      Nihon no hōbō no wan de toreru kame ya igai, bukakkōna tako ya iyōna kōkakurui nado dearu.
      In various of Japan's bays are collected turtles and mussels, misshapen octopus and bizarre crustaceans, and the like.
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