See also: 亂用

Chinese edit

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

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
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 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(らん)(よう) (ran'yō

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

Verb edit

(らん)(よう)する (ran'yō surutransitive suru (stem (らん)(よう) (ran'yō shi), past (らん)(よう)した (ran'yō shita))

  1. to misuse, to abuse
  2. to overuse

Conjugation edit

References edit

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