じょう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. emergency
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
2. extraordinary; unusual
Kanji used
go against
usual
Pitch accent
じょう
Top 1200
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
Examples (200 in total)
She was in a great hurry.
The food was very good.
Fire is very dangerous.
They were very excited.
That was a very delicate situation.
Those are very famous people.
Today is extremely hot.
So far we have been quite successful.
The situation is very serious.
My grandfather is very healthy.
It's a very delicate question.
It was very cold last month.
I'm very busy this week.
The Pacific is very wide.
She is very intelligent.
He is a very heroic figure.
He is especially frightened of dogs.
This building is very large.
Call the police in an emergency.
Hospitals are very expensive.
The last examination was very difficult.
That was a very stupid choice.
She walked very carefully.
We are badly in need of food.
You must be prepared for an emergency.
A horse is very useful.
Electricity is very useful.
Explaining the risks is very important.
Japan is an extremely noisy country.
Japan's army was very powerful.
The weather varies quite often.
She is a very refined lady.
Japan is greatly famous for earthquakes.
He pushed the emergency button.
His criticisms were very severe.
I was very poor in those days.
She contributed much to the company.
The engine is itself very good.
It's a very bizarre animal.
Individuality is very important in the West.
The sculptures are of great value.
It being Sunday, the supermarket was very crowded.
I am confronted with a great danger.
The USA is a very big country.
There is a great demand for gasoline.
We got married very young.
This man is very, very old.
She has great respect for her homeroom teacher.
Telling lies is a very bad habit.
Tom's design is very original.
Such was her delight that she began to dance.
They are very interested in astronomy.
It is very hot here in summer.
She looks very afraid.
So far, he has been extremely happy.
Your question is very hard to answer.
He worked so hard that he succeeded.
Time goes very swiftly.
This matter is extremely important to us.
This winter will probably be very cold.
I'm very impressed by your work.
She got very angry with the children.
This watch is of great value.
He has great belief in that doctor.
To know oneself is very difficult.
He failed in spite of his great efforts.
These two are very different from each other.
He is so honest that everybody trusts him.
She was very proud of her father.
I was profoundly disturbed by this news.
He is very friendly toward me.
Ants have a well-organized society.
Such was her joy that she shed tears.
He is very much interested in Japanese history.
He showed great skill at baseball.
The book is of great value.
She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex.
I was very surprised at the news.
I am deeply interested in art.
We made much effort to build the boat.
The hotel where we stayed was very comfortable.
His help has been invaluable.
There were a great many people at the airport.
Winter in New York can be very cold.
Those snakes are extremely dangerous.
The development of the computer industry has been very rapid.
This dictionary is of great use for students.
Friday is the day when she is very busy.
He returned home very late, as was often the case.
The cost of living has greatly risen in the past ten years.
Dolphins are very intelligent animals.
Tom cares a lot about his reputation.
He was very old and ill.
There were a great many boys and girls in the park.
He showed great skill in skiing.
The Japanese are generally considered to be very industrious.
This sort of work calls for great patience.
He is so careless that he often makes mistakes.
This vacuum cleaner makes a lot of noise.
He is very much interested in biology.
Computer supplies are very expensive in Japan.
I own some very old stamps.
They have a very good curriculum at that university.
This is a very famous haiku by Basho.
Tom has collected a great many butterflies.
Scott received a very strict education.
His story amused us very much.
It is used by a great many people.
It is very important to think for yourself and to study.
The story is very interesting to me.
He was so angry, he was red in the face.
The country is very different from what it was just after the war.
Tokyo is a very expensive place to live.
The information is useful to a great many people.
The coffee was so hot that I couldn't drink it.
I am very interested in these stories.
It was so boring that I fell asleep.
I read a most interesting novel yesterday.
It has developed into a very large city.
In an emergency, use the stairway, not the elevator.
There is a very old temple in the town.
I am sure this book will be of great use to you.
He spends a great deal of money on books.
There's a strong probability of a nuclear tragedy.
My father drives a very old car.
I'm so busy I have no time to read.
My general impression is that it is very good.
Japan is very subject to earthquakes.
He was so tired that he laid himself on the grass.
When it comes to sports, John is very good.
The building was heavily damaged by fire.
This book is interesting and, what is more, very instructive.
Since then, a great deal of change has occurred in Japan.
Thousands of people were deceived by the advertisement.
The Japanese are highly receptive to new ideas.
A very large number of tourists visit Kyoto in the spring.
The bus was very crowded. I wish I had taken a taxi.
That song is very popular with young people.
Clear foresight contributed greatly to his success.
Defeat and failure make people too humble.
Great difficulties stand in the way of its achievement.
He was greatly respected, while his son was as much despised.
A great many houses were damaged in the earthquake.
The hardness of diamond is such that it can cut glass.
He is very strong--so much so that no one can defeat him.
It's very important to get enough rest.
He has a fabulous reputation for his high integrity.
John seems very honest by nature.
The judge disposed of the case in short order.
Science is based on very careful observations.
Germans are very environmentally conscious.
Mr Sano speaks French with great fluency.
The contrast between the two ideas is very marked.
There are a great many people trying buy houses.
I was more than surprised at the terrible sight.
His anger was such that he lost control of himself.
The firm has a great deal of trust in your ability.
Television is a very important medium for giving information.
He was very scared when he saw that large snake.
Such was his courage that he feared no danger.
Those proposals seem very much alike to me.
I saw something unusually shiny flying in the night sky.
He sang the song with great expression.
We expect a very cold winter this year.
A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.
I got up so early that I caught the train.
Some parts of this city are very ugly.
Man's skin is very sensitive to temperature changes.
With restrictions removed, thousands of new enterprises have come into being.
The news was very surprising to her.
Computers are capable of doing very complicated work in a split second.
Several universities in this country enjoy great prestige.
The fact is of great importance from the viewpoint of science.
They had to endure great hardship during the war.
It was very sensible of him to reject the bribe.
That kabuki actor is very popular with young people.
Television is a very important medium through which to provide information.
Their stay in Germany for a year was very fruitful.
I owe him a great deal because he saved my life.
I was in such a hurry that I forgot to lock the door.
The boy seems to know a great deal about plants.
I know the situation is very difficult for us.
I was in such a hurry this morning that I went out leaving the TV on.
Work is a very important part of life in the United States.
Cost is a definite factor in making our decision.
The photo catches the tension in the court very well.
My year in Africa was a very educational experience in many ways.
It is very important to consider the cultural background of the family.
There exists an enormous difference between the two theories.
He is a good boy, and what is better, very handsome.
I agree with the ban in principle, but in practice it will be extremely difficult.
I was very surprised that the door was open.
It is very difficult for anybody to be objective about his own character.
Jane is very content with her job and has no desire to quit it.
That's why so many students are absent today.
The river is flowing very fast after last night's rain.
It was such an interesting book that I read it in a day.
Kaneko was so stressed out at her new job that she had a nervous breakdown.
Having been in America for many years, Miss Tanaka is a very good speaker of English.
The teacher was quite candid about my chances of entering Tokyo University.