状況・情況|じょうきょうjoukyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounstate of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
   状況じょうきょうをお知しらせください。↗

   Please let me know the status.

• Synonym状態じょうたいNeutralRefers to the state of a thing itself at a given moment, as in 「健康状態」; 「状況」 leans toward the surrounding environment and how a situation changes.
• Synonym具合ぐあいNeutralIn speech, covers how well a body or machine is working, as in 「体の具合」; not used for large-scale matters like the social situation.
• Synonym有様ありさまWrittenWritten word for the scene before one's eyes, often with a negative shade, as in 「この有様だ」; unlike the neutral, objective 「状況」.
• Synonym様子ようすNeutralPoints to outwardly visible looks, expressions and signs, as in 「様子を見る」; concrete and observable, while 「状況」 covers the overall picture.
• Synonym塩梅あんばいCasualColloquial word for the state or balance of something or of the body, originally the seasoning of food, as in 「いい塩梅」; for social situations say 「状況」.
• SynonymコンディションNeutralMostly the condition of a body, field or road surface, as in 「選手のコンディション」; not used for social or political situations.
• SynonymシチュエーションNeutralMostly a scene or setup, as in film or conversation; common in casual and entertainment contexts, rare in formal writing.
• Synonym形勢けいせいWrittenWritten word for the state of things at a given moment as they change, as in 「形勢が逆転する」, stressing which side has the upper hand and where things head.
• Synonym事情じじょうNeutralThe reasons and inside story behind a state of affairs, as in 「家庭の事情」; 「状況」 is the situation itself, 「事情」 the why behind it.
• Synonym情勢じょうせいWrittenWritten word for the broad trend of politics, the economy and the like, as in 「国際情勢」; macro in scope and carries a sense of prediction.
• Synonym様相ようそうWrittenWritten word for the aspect things take on, as in 「様相を呈する」 or 「様相が一変する」; focuses on outward change.
• Synonym事態じたいNeutralThe state affairs have reached, mostly for bad developments, as in 「緊急事態」; 「状況」 is neutral about whether things are good or bad.
• Synonym動静どうせいWrittenWritten word for the movements and doings of a person or force, as in 「敵の動静を探る」; focuses on activity and change.
• Synonym様態ようたいWrittenWritten, mostly academic, for the form or mode in which something exists or moves; in daily talk about conditions use 「状況」 or 「様子」.
• Related境遇きょうぐうWrittenWritten word for the life circumstances a person finds themselves in, as in 「恵まれない境遇」; narrower than 「状況」, limited to one's situation in life.
• Related景況けいきょうWrittenWritten word, mostly for economic conditions, as in 「景況感」; for everyday talk about how things stand use 「状況」.
• Related状じょうWrittenRarely stands alone for a state; mostly appears in compounds like 「現状」 and 「症状」; also means a letter.
• Related背景はいけいNeutralThe causes and surroundings behind an event, as in 「事件の背景」; looks at where things came from, not the current situation itself.
• Related格好かっこうCasualColloquially can describe ending up in a certain position, as in 「待たされた格好だ」; its basic sense is appearance or attire.
• Related環境かんきょうNeutralThe surroundings that envelop people or living things and interact with them, as in 「生活環境」; it leans toward the longer-term setting, while 「状況」 leans toward the moment.
• Related時局じきょくWrittenWritten word reserved for the current state of the nation and society, as in 「時局を論じる」; a narrower scope than 「状況」.
• RelatedコンテキストNeutralThe context or background that fixes the meaning of words and events, common in IT and linguistics; does not refer to the situation at hand.
• Relatedあり方ありかたNeutralHow something ought to be or exists, as in 「教育のあり方」, often carrying a sense of what is desirable; 「状況」 describes how things actually are.

For a general state of affairs, 「状況」 is the default. Use 「状態」 for a thing's own condition, 「事態」 for a bad turn of events, 「情勢」 for the macro political or economic picture, and 「事情」 for the reasons behind something. 「様子」 covers observable looks and signs, 「環境」 the wider surroundings one lives or works in, 「背景」 what lies behind an event, 「コンディション」 physical condition. The rest are narrower or register-marked: written 「有様」「境遇」「景況」「形勢」「時局」「様相」「動静」, colloquial 「具合」「塩梅」「格好」, loanwords 「シチュエーション」「コンテキスト」.

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1. 時間じかん空間くうかんによって変化へんかする条件じょうけんや状態じょうたい、様子ようす。また、その内うち、特定とくていの時刻じこく・場所ばしょでの条件じょうけん。社会しゃかいや政治せいじなどの大おおきな環境かんきょうから、身近みじかな人々ひとびとや小ちいさな集団しゅうだんにいたるまでの外部がいぶ環境かんきょう、および個人こじんの精神せいしん・心理しんりに対たいしても用もちいる。情況じょうきょうとも表記ひょうき。