じょう
Meanings
Noun
1. circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
Kanji used
occurence
emotion
Pitch accent
じょう
Top 900
Composed of
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to explain the situation
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
Examples (11 in total)
I will explain the situation to you later on.
He is well versed in foreign affairs.
It sums up the situation pretty well.
The circumstances did not allow me to go abroad.
The housing situation seemed quite hopeless.
Due to circumstances, I gave up the idea of going to university.
He has a good knowledge of the internal affairs of Japan.
I may go there, but that depends.
His family circumstances were such that he became a teacher out of necessity.
Under these circumstances, I cannot accept the offer.
I don't know how things were a hundred or fifty years ago.