Word Meaning 異様

いよう iyou

異様 is read as いよう (iyou) and means bizarre.

Meaning

English

  1. bizarre
  2. strange
  3. eccentric
  4. odd
  5. queer

Reading

Kana

いよう

Romaji

iyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 12600 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一種異様

いっしゅいよう

eccentric

異常

いじょう

strangeness

異動

いどう

(personnel) change

異性

いせい

isomerism

異名

いめい

synonym (taxonomy)

異口同音

いくどうおん

(saying) with one voice

異端

いたん

heresy

異なる

ことなる

to differ

異例

いれい

exceptional

異議

いぎ

objection

異論

いろん

different opinion

異変

いへん

unusual event

Example Sentences

5

こんないようなしずけさははじめてだ。

I have never experienced such an eerie silence before.

そのはなしをきいて、すこしいようにかんじた。

After hearing that story, I felt that something was strange.

This room is unusually hot.

I saw something very unusual.

A face with too much make up looks strange.