情じょう状じょう

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to the circumstances or situation surrounding an event, especially in legal or formal contexts where mitigating or aggravating factors are considered.

裁さい判ばん官かんは情じょう状じょうを考こう慮りょして、刑けいを軽かるくした。
The judge took the circumstances into consideration and reduced the sentence.

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Kanji

情feelings, emotion, passion
状status quo, conditions, circumstances

Related words

事じ情じょう
事情 is a more general term for circumstances or reasons behind a situation, while 情状 is more specific to legal or formal contexts, often implying moral or emotional factors.
状じょう況きょう
状況 refers to the state of affairs or situation at a given time, without the legal or evaluative nuance of 情状.

Word family

情じょう状じょう酌しゃく量りょう
taking extenuating circumstances into consideration; mitigation of sentence

Etymology

Compound of 情 (emotion, circumstances) and 状 (condition, situation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has been used in formal and legal contexts to refer to the circumstances surrounding an event.