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無秩序 (むちつじょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

無む秩ちつ序じょ

む

ち

つ

じょ

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Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

disorder; chaos; confusion

Describes a state lacking order or system, often used for social, political, or abstract situations.

戦

せん

争そう

で

国くに

は

無む

秩ちつ

序じょ

な

状じょう

態たい

に

陥おちい

っ

た

。

The country fell into a state of chaos due to the war.

無む秩ちつ序じょな開かい発はつが環かん境きょうを破は壊かいしている。

Disorderly development is destroying the environment.

Usage patterns

無む秩ちつ序じょな〈事こと〉disorderly/chaotic ~
無む秩ちつ序じょな都と市し開かい発はつが問もん題だいになっている。
Chaotic urban development has become a problem.
無む秩ちつ序じょに〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a disorderly, haphazard way
建たて物ものが無む秩ちつ序じょに建たてられている。
Buildings are being put up in a haphazard manner.
〈事こと〉が無む秩ちつ序じょになるfor something to fall into disorder
戦せん争そうのあと、社しゃ会かいが無む秩ちつ序じょになった。
After the war, society fell into disorder.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
秩regularity, salary, order
序preface, beginning, order

Related words· 7

混こん乱らんN3
混乱 stresses mental or situational confusion and turmoil, while 無秩序 focuses purely on the absence of order or system.
混こん沌とん
混沌 evokes a primordial, formless chaos with a literary tone, whereas 無秩序 is a more neutral, descriptive term for lack of order.
無む政せい府ふ
無秩序 refers to disorder or chaos in general, while 無政府 specifically denotes the absence of governmental authority.
不ふ規き則そくN2
無秩序 emphasizes a total lack of order or system, often in a stronger, more chaotic sense than 不規則's mere lack of pattern.

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乱らん雑ざつN1
無秩序 emphasizes a total lack of order or system (even abstractly, like in society), whereas 乱雑 usually describes visible physical clutter.
カオス
無秩序 emphasizes the lack of order or system in a situation, whereas カオス more broadly evokes overwhelming chaos or confusion.
無む法ほうN1
無秩序 refers to disorder or chaos in general, while 無法 specifically implies the absence or violation of law and justice.

Opposites

秩ちつ序じょN1
秩序 means order or system, the direct opposite of 無秩序's lack of order.
順じゅん序じょN2
無秩序 means disorder or chaos, the opposite of the organized arrangement expressed by 順序.
規き律りつN2
無秩序 means disorder or chaos, the direct opposite of the orderly discipline expressed by 規律.

Built from

無む+秩ちつ序じょ

Etymology

Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 秩序 (chitsujo, 'order').