状態・情態|じょうたいjoutai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounstate; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
   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.

• Synonym有様ありさまWrittenWritten word for the scene before your eyes, often with a negative shade, as in 「ひどい有様」; 「状態」 is neutral and used for objective description.
• Synonym状況じょうきょうNeutralRefers to the surrounding circumstances or situation, as in 「交通状況」; 「状態」 is how a thing itself is at a given moment.
• Synonym様子ようすNeutralCovers outward appearance, expression or signs, as in 「様子がおかしい」; leans toward observed impressions, while 「状態」 is objective.
• Synonym具合ぐあいNeutralIn speech, how well a body or machine is working, as in 「お腹の具合」; 「状態」 can describe anything.
• Synonym容態ようだいNeutralSpecifically a patient's medical condition, as in 「容態が急変する」; much narrower than 「状態」, limited to sick people.
• Synonym動静どうせいWrittenWritten word for the movements or activities of a person or group, as in 「敵の動静」; stresses change and activity, 「状態」 the present state.
• Synonym事態じたいNeutralThe state of affairs things have developed into, usually something bad, as in 「最悪の事態」; not used for the condition of objects.
• Synonym様相ようそうWrittenWritten word for the aspect or look a thing presents, as in 「混乱の様相を呈する」; describes how a situation appears or changes in appearance.
• Synonym塩梅あんばいCasualColloquial for how a body or a thing is doing, as in 「いい塩梅だ」; originally about seasoning, casual in tone.
• SynonymコンディションNeutralMostly how well a body, field or the like is, as in 「体のコンディション」; common in sports; 「状態」 has wider use.
• Synonym様態ようたいWrittenWritten word, common in academic prose, for the form of a thing's existence or movement; in daily speech say 「状態」 or 「様子」.
• Related情勢じょうせいWrittenWritten word for the big picture in politics, economics and the like, and where it is heading, as in 「国際情勢」; 「状態」 is about concrete things.
• RelatedシチュエーションNeutralThe scene or setting you are in, as in 「このシチュエーション」; looks at the external situation, not the thing itself.
• Related形勢けいせいWrittenThe shifting balance or trend of a changing situation, as in 「形勢不利」 or 「世界の形勢」; not the state of an object itself.
• Related境遇きょうぐうWrittenA person's circumstances in life, as in 「不幸な境遇」; only for people's life situations, a narrower range than 「状態」.
• Related時局じきょくWrittenWritten word for the current state of the nation and society, as in 「時局が緊迫する」; not used of individuals or objects.
• Related景況けいきょうWrittenWritten word mostly for economic conditions, as in 「景況が悪化する」; for everyday states of things use 「状態」.
• Relatedあり方ありかたNeutralHow something ought to be or how it exists, often in discussion of how systems or organizations should work; 「状態」 is how a thing is at a moment.

Use 「状態」 for how a thing itself is at a given moment. For the surrounding situation say 「状況」; for a body or machine, 「具合」 (spoken) or 「コンディション」 (sports); for a patient, 「容態」. Written words: 「有様」 (scene, often bad), 「情勢」 (politics, economy), 「動静」 (movements), 「様相」 (appearance), 「形勢」 (the balance), 「境遇」 (life circumstances), 「時局」 (the nation), 「景況」 (the economy). 「事態」 is a situation gone bad, 「あり方」 how things should be, 「様子」 outward signs, 「シチュエーション」 the scene at hand, 「塩梅」 a casual word for how things are.

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1. 時間じかんに従したがって変化へんかする物事ものごとの、ある時点じてんにおける形状けいじょうや性質せいしつ、進行具合しんこうぐあい。
2. 物質ぶっしつが、ある相そうによって区別くべつされる形質けいしつをもっていること。固体こたい、液体えきたい、気体きたいといった区別くべつ。基本的きほんてきに、化学的かがくてき性質せいしつは状態じょうたいによらず不変ふへんであり、状態じょうたいが変化へんかするために化学かがく変化へんかは必要ひつようではない。
3. 変数へんすう束縛そくばくの対応たいおうづけ。変数へんすう名めいから値あたいへの写像しゃぞう。