混乱

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See also: 混亂

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 混乱 – see 混亂 (“chaotic; confused; disordered”).
(This term is the simplified form of 混亂).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
混 乱
こん
Grade: 5 		らん
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
混亂 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

混(こん)乱(らん) • (konran) 

  1. confusion
    1. disorder, chaos
      混乱(こんらん)を招(まね)く虞(おそれ)がある
      konran o maneku osore ga aru
      (sentence) it will cause confusion / (adnominal clause) which will cause confusion
    2. commotion
      混乱(こんらん)に乗(じょう)じて
      konran ni jōji te
      (by) taking advantage of the commotion
    3. tumult, mayhem
      戦後(せんご)の混乱(こんらん)
      sengo no konran
      post-war mayhem

Synonyms

See also

  • 乱雑 (らんざつ, ​ranzatsu)

Verb

混(こん)乱(らん)する • (konran suru) suru (stem 混(こん)乱(らん)し (konran shi), past 混(こん)乱(らん)した (konran shita))

  1. be in disorder
  2. be confused
  3. be in tumult

Conjugation

Conjugation of "混乱する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 混乱し こんらんし konran shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 混乱し こんらんし konran shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 混乱する こんらんする konran suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 混乱する こんらんする konran suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 混乱すれ こんらんすれ konran sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 混乱せよ¹
混乱しろ² 		こんらんせよ¹
こんらんしろ² 		konran seyo¹
konran shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 混乱される こんらんされる konran sareru
Causative 混乱させる
混乱さす 		こんらんさせる
こんらんさす 		konran saseru
konran sasu
Potential 混乱できる こんらんできる konran dekiru
Volitional 混乱しよう こんらんしよう konran shiyō
Negative 混乱しない こんらんしない konran shinai
Negative continuative 混乱せず こんらんせず konran sezu
Formal 混乱します こんらんします konran shimasu
Perfective 混乱した こんらんした konran shita
Conjunctive 混乱して こんらんして konran shite
Hypothetical conditional 混乱すれば こんらんすれば konran sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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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