riot, war, disorder, disturb

7 strokesFrequency 755JLPT N2Grade 6

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Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

riot

Constituents

drop
fishhook
needle
ten
thousand
mouth
tongue

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.

Dictionary

Common Words

混乱んらんNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #1172
1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

Examples
国会は混乱のうちに散会した。
The Diet broke up in confusion.
乱暴んぼうNounFreq #2421
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

violence; assault; rowdiness; wildness; running riot

Examples
弟の乱暴はこのごろ目に余る。
My brother has been much too rowdy lately.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; careless; coarse; rude; unreasonable (e.g. demand); wild (e.g. argument)

Examples
道具を乱暴に扱うな。
Don't handle the tools roughly.
3

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

rape; sexual assault

乱れるだれ紊れるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #2594
1

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled; to be dishevelled

Examples
ダイヤが乱れていた
The timetable was disrupted.
2

to be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed

3

to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

乱す紊すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #4622
1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

Examples
父は私の楽観を乱さないことにした。
My father chose not to disturb my optimism.
取り乱すりみだGodan verbFreq #6302
1

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

Examples
ボブは酷く取り乱していて、現実と虚構の区別がほとんど出来なかった。
Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.
2

Transitive verb

to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb; to scatter about

乱れだれ紊れNounFreq #7833
1

disorder; disturbance; unrest

Examples
女性ホルモン分泌の乱れが不妊症の大きな原因です。
Female hormone imbalance is a major cause of infertility.
反乱叛乱んらんNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #9518
1

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

Examples
軍隊は簡単に反乱を鎮圧した。
The troops easily put down the rebellion.
散乱んらんNoun~する VerbFreq #10347
1

Noun or verb acting prenominally

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

Examples
鏡の破片が床に散乱していた。
Fragments of the mirror were scattered on the floor.
吹雪ぶき乱吹NounFreq #11509
1

snow storm; blizzard

Examples
吹雪はまる一週間荒れ狂った。
The snowstorm raged for a full week.
乱入んにゅう濫入NounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #11615
1

intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

Examples
強盗が彼の家に乱入した。
The burglar burst into his house.

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