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)

Adjectival noun

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

   • 1870, “第五部　江戸―外城の東部村近 第二十五章町人街 [Part 5: Edo – Villages near the eastern part of Sotoshiro. Chapter 25 – Commoner's district]”, in 新異国叢書 [New Foreign Publications], volume 15, page 111:

     日(に)本(ほん)の方(ほう)々(ぼう)の湾(わん)で採(と)れる亀(カメ)や貽(イ)貝(ガイ)、不(ぶ)格(かっ)好(こう)な蛸(タコ)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 dearu.

     In various of Japan's bays are collected turtles and mussels, misshapen octopus and bizarre crustaceans, and the like.