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情緒

じょうちょ

emotion, atmosphere

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Examples

  1. 下町の情緒が残る街だ。

    したまちのじょうちょがのこるまちだ。

    The town retains an old-downtown atmosphere.

  2. 異国の情緒が漂う港町を歩いた。

    いこくのじょうちょがただようみなとまちをあるいた。

    I walked through a port town with a foreign air about it.

  3. 疲れがたまると情緒が不安定になりやすい。

    つかれがたまるとじょうちょがふあんていになりやすい。

    When fatigue builds up, one's emotions easily become unstable.

Common patterns

情緒がある
to have atmosphere, be evocative
異国情緒
exotic atmosphere
情緒不安定
emotionally unstable

Memory tip

Two quite different uses share one word: the atmosphere of a place (下町情緒, 異国情緒) and a person's emotional state (情緒不安定). The reading じょうしょ is also heard, especially in psychology.

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