status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

7 strokesFrequency 298JLPT N2Grade 5

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ジョウ

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

status quo

Constituents

?chihuahua
drop
turtle
large
dog

Mnemonic Stories

The government is a giant, ancient turtle, slow and resistant to change. The public's demands for reform are like a yapping dog. The dog barks and runs in circles, but the turtle barely moves, and the status quo is maintained.

The energetic dog always barked at the old turtle, "Let's race! Let's change things up!" But the turtle just pulled its head into its shell and said, "Nope. I prefer the status quo."

A turtle wanted to change his life, so he bought a dog costume. But he was still a slow-moving reptile in a furry suit. He couldn't escape his own nature; the status quo remained.

The new CEO was like an energetic dog trying to implement radical changes. But the company's bureaucracy was a giant turtle that just retreated into its shell, ensuring the status quo would win in the end.

Dictionary

Common Words

状況情況ょうきょうNounFreq #324
1

state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

Examples
状況をお知らせください。
Please let me know the status.
状態ょうたい情態NounFreq #359
1

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

Examples
その古家はひどい状態であった。
The old house was in bad shape.
Freq #466
1

Honorific; Suffix; After a person's name, position, etc.

Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms

Examples
このざまはどうしたんだ。
How did you get into this mess?
彼女は王女になった夢を見た。
She dreamed that she was a princess.
2

Polite; Suffix; Usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お or ご

makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

Examples
どうもご親切さま
That's very kind of you.
3

Common noun

state; situation; appearance; manner

Examples
フラフラと歩き回るは、あまりにデンジャラスだ。
The way she dizzily moves around is far too dangerous.
現状んじょうNoun~の Adj.Freq #2186
1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

Examples
彼は現状を大いに嘆いた。
He deeply deplored the situation.
ょうNounNoun suffixFreq #3828
1

form; shape; appearance

2

state; condition; circumstances

3

letter; correspondence

症状ょうじょうNounFreq #5218
1

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

Examples
よくこういう症状が起きますか。
Do you have this symptom often?
形状いじょうNounFreq #6540
1

shape; form

白状くじょうNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #7309
1

confession

Examples
彼は過ちをあからさまに白状した。
He openly confessed his faults.
情勢ょうせい状勢NounFreq #7970
1

state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

Examples
情勢は我々が行動を取ることを必要としている。
The situation calls for our action.
惨状んじょうNounFreq #10309
1

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

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