乱用

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See also: 亂用

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 乱用 – see 亂用 (“to misuse; to abuse”).
(This term is the simplified form of 亂用).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乱 用
らん
Grade: 6 		よう
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spellings
亂用 (kyūjitai)
濫用
 乱用 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From earlier 濫用 (ran'yō). 乱 (ran, “disorder”) is a daiyōji replacing 濫 (ran, “excessive; superfluous”).

Pronunciation

Noun

乱(らん)用(よう) • (ran'yō) ←らんよう (ran'you)?

  1. misuse, abuse
    薬(やく)物(ぶつ)乱(らん)用(よう)
    yakubutsu ran'yō
    drug abuse
    職(しょっ)権(けん)乱(らん)用(よう)
    shokkenran'yō
    abuse of authority
  2. overuse

Verb

乱(らん)用(よう)する • (ran'yō suru) ←らんよう (ran'you)?transitive suru (stem 乱(らん)用(よう)し (ran'yō shi), past 乱(らん)用(よう)した (ran'yō shita))

  1. to misuse, to abuse
  2. to overuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of "乱用する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 乱用し らんようし ran'yō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 乱用し らんようし ran'yō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 乱用する らんようする ran'yō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 乱用する らんようする ran'yō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 乱用すれ らんようすれ ran'yō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 乱用せよ¹
乱用しろ² 		らんようせよ¹
らんようしろ² 		ran'yō seyo¹
ran'yō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 乱用される らんようされる ran'yō sareru
Causative 乱用させる
乱用さす 		らんようさせる
らんようさす 		ran'yō saseru
ran'yō sasu
Potential 乱用できる らんようできる ran'yō dekiru
Volitional 乱用しよう らんようしよう ran'yō shiyō
Negative 乱用しない らんようしない ran'yō shinai
Negative continuative 乱用せず らんようせず ran'yō sezu
Formal 乱用します らんようします ran'yō shimasu
Perfective 乱用した らんようした ran'yō shita
Conjunctive 乱用して らんようして ran'yō shite
Hypothetical conditional 乱用すれば らんようすれば ran'yō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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