じたい
Meanings
Noun
1. situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
often with a negative connotation
My father also said that this kind of situation was a first for him.
Pitch accent
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たい
Composed of
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
worst; worst-case (scenario)
state of emergency
threat to national existence
Examples (51 in total)
It was an unforeseen situation.
The situation has settled down.
It is an unprecedented situation.