See also: 动乱 and 動亂

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 3
らん
Grade: 6
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
動亂 (kyūjitai)

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 動亂 (MC duwngX lwanH, literally “move + crazy, confused”).

First cited to a text from roughly 1358.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(どう)(らん) (dōranどうらん (douran)?

  1. riot, disturbance
  2. unrest, agitation
Antonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 3
(ateji)
らん
Grade: 6
(ateji)
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
動亂 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 動乱 – see the following entry.
ドーラン
[noun] [from 1930] greasepaint, theater makeup
Alternative spelling
胴乱
(This term, 動乱, is an alternative spelling (archaic) of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN