N1860/3019

じょう

nounnoun (generic)

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Meanings

  • feelings, emotion, sentiment
  • compassion, sympathy
  • passion, affection, love
  • the way things really are, the actual situation

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょじょうふかひとだから、こまっているひとほうっておけない。

Because she is a person of deep compassion, she cannot leave people in trouble alone.

長年ながねんともらすうちに、二人ふたりあいだじょう芽生めばえた。

After living together for many years, affection grew between the two of them.

現地げんちじょうらなければ、適切てきせつ判断はんだんはできない。

Without knowing the actual situation on the ground, one cannot make appropriate judgments.

じょうながされて冷静れいせい判断はんだんができなくなることもある。

There are times when one becomes unable to make calm judgments because of being swayed by emotion.

かれきびしい外見がいけんとは裏腹うらはらに、じょうあつ指導者しどうしゃとして部下ぶかからしたわれていた。

Despite his stern appearance, he was admired by his subordinates as a leader of deep warmth and compassion.