Meaning of 状態(じょうたい) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 状態, 情態 JLPT 3

Kana Reading じょうたい

Romaji jōtai

Example Sentences

状態, 情態, じょうたい used in context

さらに、横(よこ)から見る(みる)と、前歯(ぜんし)は出っ歯(でっぱ)の状態(じょうたい)にあります(ある)。

Moreover, when viewed from the side, the front teeth are protruding.
自然な(しぜん)状態(じょうたい)の髪の毛(かみのけ)には、油分(ゆぶん)が含まれています(ふくむ)。

There is oil in hair in its natural state.
接尾辞(せつびじ)について、１：【-ion】「行動(こうどう)、状態(じょうたい)、過程(かてい)、結果(けっか)」などの意(い)を表す(あらわす)名詞(めいし)を作る(つくる)。

Suffixes, 1: "-ion" creates nouns that show the meaning of 'action, state, process, results,' and so on.
横(よこ)には喧嘩(けんか)状態(じょうたい)の妻(つま)が眠っている。

To my side my wife, who I'm presently at odds with, lies sleeping.
移民(いみん)たちは、そこへ、木(き)の漁船(ぎょせん)にすし詰め(すしづめ)状態(じょうたい)で、危険(きけん)な航海(こうかい)をするのである。

Packed into wooden fishing boats like sardines the immigrants undergo the dangerous voyage there.
ウチだって閑古鳥が鳴く(かんこどりがなく)ような(ざま)カツカツの状態(じょうたい)だから、バイトを雇う(やとう)余裕(よゆう)なんてない。

We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.

Study lists that include this entry

Kanji found in this word

態 JLPT 1

attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)

On: タイ

Kun: わざ.と

14 strokes

状 JLPT 3

status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

On: ジョウ

7 strokes

情 JLPT 3

feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts

On: ジョウ, セイ

Kun: なさ.け

11 strokes

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