異

Meaning

異 centers on being not the same as others: different, uncommon, or unusual. The senses of queerness, strangeness, wonderful, and curious are natural extensions of standing out from the ordinary.

• 異なることなる
  N3

  to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge

• 異常いじょう
  N3

  abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon

• 異性いせい
  N1

  the opposite sex

• 驚異きょうい
  N1

  wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

• 特異とくい
  N1

  unique; peculiar; singular

• 異例いれい
  N1

  exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular

• 差異さい
  N1

  difference; disparity; gap

• 異議いぎ
  N1

  objection; dissent; protest

• 異端いたん
  N1

  heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism

• 異動いどう
  N1

  (personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle

• 異様いよう

  strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual

• 異論いろん
  N1

  different opinion; objection

• 異変いへん
  N1

  unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident; disaster

• 異物いぶつ

  foreign substance; foreign body; foreign contamination; foreign material

• 異国いこく
  N1

  foreign country

• 異色いしょく

  unique; distinctive; novel; singular; unusual; special

• 異質いしつ

  different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

• 異名いみょう

  another name; nickname; alias

• 奇異きい

  odd; strange; queer; peculiar

• 異状いじょう

  something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble; change

• 異文いぶん

  variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

• 人事異動じんじいどう

  personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment

• 異口同音いくどうおん

  (saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one

• によって異なるによってことなる

  to differ depending on ...

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