No. 496 in Japanese
非常
"非常" (Hijou) means "emergency" or "extraordinary."
In a sentence
非常口から脱出してください。
Please use the emergency exit.
Here, 非常 (hijou) is used as a prefix meaning 'emergency', commonly seen in compound words like 非常口 ('hijou-guchi', emergency exit).
今日は非常に面白い話が聞けました。
Today, I heard a very interesting story.
In this context, 非常に ('hijou ni') is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'extremely', enhancing the adjective following it.
彼の非常な行動が感動的でした。
His extraordinary actions were touching.
The term 非常 here functions as an adjective, meaning 'extraordinary' or 'unusual', describing actions.
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