異様

See also: 異樣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異	様
い Grade: 6	よう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
異樣 (kyūjitai)

Adjective

異(い)様(よう) • (iyō) -na (adnominal 異(い)様(よう)な (iyō na), adverbial 異(い)様(よう)に (iyō ni))

1. strange, peculiar, outlandish

   異(い)様(よう)な格(かっ)好(こう)

   iyō na kakkō

   peculiar appearance

   • 1970, chapter 29, in Kunitarō Takahashi, transl., Anbēru Bakumatsu Nihon Zue Ge [Humbert Bakumatsu Japan Illustrations 2] (Shin Ikoku Sōsho; 15)‎^[1], translation of Le Japon illustré by Aimé Humbert, page 11:

     […] 日(に)本(ほん)の方(ほう)々(ぼう)の湾(わん)で採(と)れる亀(かめ)や貽(い)貝(がい)、不(ぶ)格(かっ)好(こう)な蛸(たこ)や異(い)様(よう)な甲(こう)殻(かく)類(るい)などである。

     […] nihon no hōbō no wan de toreru kame ya igai, bukakkō na tako ya iyō na kōkakurui nado de aru.

     There are […] turtles and mussels collected in various of Japan's bays, misshapen octopuses and bizarre crustaceans, and the like.