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Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji
異

N2

Meaningsuncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful
On'yomiイ
Kun'yomiこと、こと、け
Strokes11
Radical田

手書きメモYour own note

Different; unusual

Compounds

  • to differ depending on ...

  • To differ, vary, to be different, to disagree, to vary

  • Objection, disagreement, opposition, dissent, protest

  • different (quality, nature), heterogeneous

  • abnormal, unusual, extraordinary, remarkable

  • something wrong, something unusual, abnormality, disorder

  • the opposite sex, isomerism

  • unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal

  • strange, odd, peculiar, weird

  • exceptional, unusual, extraordinary, unprecedented

  • different opinion, objection

  • difference, disparity, gap

Example sentences

  • The transfer was decided regardless of the person's wishes.

  • The approach is very different from the previous CEO's management style.

  • Despite the objections, the decision moved forward.

  • Oh no! I'm late again!! I'm going to get the nickname 'King of Late arrival'.

  • Countries differ in culture.

  • They did not notice minute differences.

  • That's right, that strange sound was the final death scream of the cooling fan.

  • I'm teaching basic participial constructions now, but, with regard to those below, what different ways of translating them would everybody use?