Meanings
Readings
Common Words
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
violence; assault; rowdiness; wildness; running riot
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; careless; coarse; rude; unreasonable (e.g. demand); wild (e.g. argument)
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
rape; sexual assault
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled; to be dishevelled
to be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed
to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
Intransitive verb
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to go to pieces; to be shaken up; to break down; to be flustered; to blow one's cool
Transitive verb
to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb; to scatter about
disorder; disturbance; unrest
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
Noun or verb acting prenominally
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
snow storm; blizzard
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
Memory Mnemonics
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
The riot started when someone put hooks in everyone’s tongues at the protest - they couldn’t speak properly to negotiate anymore, so violence broke out.
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