Keyword
confusion
- distract
- be mistaken for
- go astray
- divert
- Frequency
- #994
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 1458
Readings
まぎ57%
フン43%
Mnemonic
A ball of thread splits into parts, spills across the floor, and tangles into confusion before anyone can pick it up.
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Composed of
Used in vocabulary
紛れ
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
Noun
紛らす
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows); to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation); to change (the subject)
Godan verb
紛らわしい
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
I-adjective
紛れる
to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.); to forget about; to be distracted by; …
Ichidan verb
紛らわす
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows); to beguile (the time); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation); to change (the subject)
Godan verb
紛う
to be easily mistaken for (something else); to be indistinguishable from; to look just like
Godan verb