See also: 混亂

Chinese edit

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

Japanese edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こん)(らん) (konran

  1. confusion
    1. disorder, chaos
      混乱(こんらん)(まね)(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)(じょう)じて
      konran ni jōji te
      (by) taking advantage of the commotion
    3. tumult, mayhem
      戦後(せんご)混乱(こんらん)
      sengo no konran
      post-war mayhem

Synonyms edit

See also edit

  • 乱雑 (らんざつ, ​ranzatsu)

Verb edit

(こん)(らん)する (konran surusuru (stem (こん)(らん) (konran shi), past (こん)(らん)した (konran shita))

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

Conjugation edit

References edit

  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.