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ひと騒動 (ひとそうどう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ひと騒そう動どう

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Meanings

1

disturbance; kerfuffle; commotion

A minor or temporary disturbance, often involving people getting upset or a small-scale uproar.

その発はつ言げんで会かい議ぎがひと騒

そう

動どう

に

なっ

た

。

That remark caused a commotion in the meeting.

近きん所じょでひと騒そう動どうあったらしい。

There seems to have been a disturbance in the neighborhood.

Kanji

騒boisterous, make noise, clamor
動move, motion, change
一one, one radical (no.1)

Related words

騒そう動どう
騒動 is a more general term for disturbance or uproar, while ひと騒動 emphasizes a single, often minor, incident.

Written forms

ひと騒そう動どう
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
一ひと騒そう動どう
Alternate spelling using the kanji 一 for ひと.

Etymology

Compound of ひと (one) and 騒動 (disturbance), literally 'one disturbance'.