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混乱

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

混乱 — “confusion, disorder, chaos”

混乱 (read こんらん) means confusion, disorder, chaos. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

こんらん

Meaning

confusion, disorder, chaos

混乱 in a sentence

事故じこで道路どうろが混乱こんらんする。

The road is in chaos because of the accident.

The kanji in 混乱

混to mix; crowd
乱disorderly, chaotic

Words that share a kanji with 混乱

混雑こんざつ— congestion, crowding
混じるまじる— to be mixed, to be blended, to mingle
混ざるまざる— to be mixed, to be blended (intransitive)
混ぜるまぜる— to mix, to blend, to stir in (transitive)
混合こんごう— mixing, mixture, blending
乱暴らんぼう— violent, rough, reckless

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