錯さく乱らん

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錯乱する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	錯さく乱らんする	錯さく乱らんしない
Polite	錯さく乱らんします	錯さく乱らんしません
Past polite	錯さく乱らんしました	錯さく乱らんしませんでした
Past	錯さく乱らんした	錯さく乱らんしなかった
Te-form	錯さく乱らんして	錯さく乱らんしないで
Desire	錯さく乱らんしたい	錯さく乱らんしたくない
Potential	錯さく乱らんできる	錯さく乱らんできない
Passive	錯さく乱らんされる	錯さく乱らんされない
Causative	錯さく乱らんさせる	錯さく乱らんさせない
Causative passive	錯さく乱らんさせられる	錯さく乱らんさせられない
Volitional	錯さく乱らんしよう
Polite volitional	錯さく乱らんしましょう
Imperative	錯さく乱らんしろ	錯さく乱らんするな
Conditional	錯さく乱らんすれば	錯さく乱らんしなければ
Tara conditional	錯さく乱らんしたら	錯さく乱らんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

confusion; mental derangement; distraction

Describes a state of mental confusion or disorientation, often severe or pathological. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'become confused/deranged'.

彼かれは極きょく度どの疲ひ労ろうで錯さく乱らん状じょう態たいに陥おちいった。
He fell into a state of confusion due to extreme fatigue.
薬くすりの副ふく作さ用ようで一いち時じ的てきに錯さく乱らんした。
I became temporarily deranged as a side effect of the medicine.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が錯さく乱らんするfor someone to become mentally confused/deranged
彼かれはあまりの恐きょう怖ふに錯さく乱らんしてしまった。
He became deranged with sheer terror.
〈人ひと〉を錯さく乱らんさせるto throw someone into a state of mental confusion
その知しらせは彼かの女じょを錯さく乱らんさせた。
The news threw her into a state of confusion.
錯さく乱らん状じょう態たいに陥おちいるto fall into a state of mental derangement
患かん者じゃは一いち時じ的てきに錯さく乱らん状じょう態たいに陥おちいった。
The patient temporarily fell into a state of mental derangement.

Kanji

錯confused, mix, be in disorder
乱riot, war, disorder

Related words

混こん乱らんN3
混乱 refers to general confusion or disorder, often of situations or systems, while 錯乱 specifically describes a person's mental confusion or derangement.
狂きょう乱らん
狂乱 implies a wild, frenzied madness, which is stronger and more violent than 錯乱, which can describe a quieter, disoriented mental state.
動どう揺ようN1
動揺 describes emotional agitation or being shaken up, a milder reaction than 錯乱, which implies actual mental derangement or loss of coherent thought.
狂きょう気き
錯乱 describes a temporary state of confusion or frenzy, whereas 狂気 suggests a deeper, more lasting madness.

Opposites

冷れい静せいN3
冷静 means calm and composed, the opposite mental state from 錯乱, which is confused and deranged.

Don't confuse with

錯さっ覚かくN1
錯覚 is a false perception or illusion (a mistaken belief about reality), while 錯乱 is a state of mental confusion or derangement, not merely a misperception.

Word family

精せい神しん錯さく乱らん
mental derangement; mental confusion; alienation
錯さく乱らん状じょう態たい
state of mental confusion; agitated state

Etymology

Compound of 錯 (confusion, mix up) and 乱 (disorder, chaos). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly suggests a state of mental disorder.