How to say "condition" in Japanese

• 状態じょうたいJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'condition' as the state something or someone is in at a given time — how a machine, building, or situation stands. The neutral, all-purpose choice when describing whether things are in good or bad shape.
  その古家ふるやはひどい状態じょうたいであった。↗

  The old house was in bad shape.
• 条件じょうけんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'condition' as a requirement or stipulation — something that must be met, as in the conditions of a contract or the conditions for success. This, not 状態, is the word for that sense.
  そちらの条件じょうけんを受け入うけいれましょう。↗

  We will accept your conditions.
• 具合ぐあいJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounCovers 'condition' as the moment-to-moment state of a person's health or of something's working — whether the body feels off or a machine runs well or badly. The word for asking how someone is doing.
  時計とけいの具合ぐあいが悪わるい。↗

  Something is the matter with my watch.
• 前提ぜんていJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounSeldom the word you want for 'condition': it really means an assumption or prerequisite — something taken as given or required beforehand. It does not describe a state or someone's health.
  その前提ぜんていが妥当だとうかどうかよく考かんがえるべきだ。↗

  You ought to think over whether the premise is valid or not.
• 症しょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  suffixEssentially a suffix-like element in names of illnesses and medical conditions, not a standalone word; for 'condition' meaning how a person or thing is, this is not the word you want.
  メアリーは本当ほんとうに心配しんぱい症しょうね。↗

  Mary is such a worrywart.

Choose 状態 for the state something is in, 条件 for requirements or stipulations, and 具合 for how a person or machine is functioning; 前提 and 症 are only marginal matches for 'condition'.

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• 状態じょうたいstate
• 条件じょうけんcondition
• 具合ぐあいcondition
• 前提ぜんていcondition
• 症しょうillness
• 症状しょうじょうsymptoms
• 都合つごうcircumstances
• コンディションcondition
• 形勢けいせいcondition
• 態たいcondition
• 制約せいやくlimitation
• 有様ありさまstate
• 様相ようそうaspect
• 容態ようだいcondition
• 動静どうせいstate (of affairs)
• 加減かげんdegree
• 疾患しっかんdisease
• 体ていappearance
• 保存状態ほぞんじょうたいcondition
• 様態ようたいform
• 態様たいようstate
• 体況たいきょうstate of health
• 人気にんきcondition (e.g. market)
• 姿すがたstate
• 調子ちょうしcondition
• 注文ちゅうもんrequest
• 模様もようstate
• 状じょうstate
• 塩梅あんばいcondition
• 合いあいcondition
• 起居ききょcondition
• リザベーションreservation
• 振り合いふりあいcircumstances
• トラブル(medical) condition
• 分ぶんcondition
• 形かたち(resultant) state