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乱す (みだす, midasu) Japanese meaning: disturb | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 乱す · godan verb (-su)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 乱みだ す 乱みだ さない Polite 乱みだ します 乱みだ しません Past polite 乱みだ しました 乱みだ しませんでした Past 乱みだ した 乱みだ さなかった Te-form 乱みだ して 乱みだ さないで Desire 乱みだ したい 乱みだ したくない Potential 乱みだ せる 乱みだ せない Passive 乱みだ される 乱みだ されない Causative 乱みだ させる 乱みだ させない Causative passive 乱みだ させられる 乱みだ させられない Volitional 乱みだ そう Polite volitional 乱みだ しましょう Imperative 乱みだ せ 乱みだ すな Conditional 乱みだ せば 乱みだ さなければ Tara conditional 乱みだ したら 乱みだ さなかったら
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The wind disheveled my hair.
His behavior disturbed the harmony of the team.
That scandal corrupts public morals.
Usage patterns 秩ちつ 序じょ を 乱みだ す to disturb (public) order
The demonstrators disrupted order in the city.
心こころ を 乱みだ す to upset one's peace of mind
His words upset her peace of mind.
髪かみ を 乱みだ す to dishevel one's hair
A strong wind disheveled her hair.
風ふう 紀き を 乱みだ す to corrupt public morals/discipline
The act became a problem for corrupting the school's discipline.
Transitive / intransitive Related words 崩す focuses on collapsing or breaking down a fixed shape or routine (schedule, posture), while 乱す is broader, covering any kind of disorder, physical or abstract.
荒らす implies damaging or ravaging something through rough intrusion, whereas 乱す simply means to throw something into disorder without necessarily damaging it.
壊す means to physically break or destroy something, while 乱す is about disrupting order or arrangement, not necessarily breaking it.
乱す means to throw something into disorder in a general sense, while 掻き回す specifically evokes an active, hands-on stirring-up of a situation or group.
乱す means to throw something into disorder or confusion in general, while 狂わす specifically implies pushing something past its normal, correct functioning (mind, machine, or plan).
Opposites· 6 整える means to arrange or put things in order, the direct opposite of 乱す, which means to throw them into disorder.
乱す means to disturb or throw into disorder, the direct opposite of 正す, which means to straighten or correct.
乱す means to throw into disorder or disturb, the opposite of 治める's sense of bringing order and stability.
Show 3 more Word family get upset; lose composure; be flustered · mess up; put in disorder; scatter about
disturb; upset; stir up; mess up
dishevel (hair); let hair down in disarray
Written forms 乱みだ す Usage 93%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
みだす Usage 7%
紊みだ す
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 乱 (ran, 'disorder') and す (su, verbal suffix). The reading みだす is the native Japanese transitive form corresponding to intransitive 乱れる (midareru).
静しず める
N2
乱す means to disturb or throw into disorder, the opposite of 静める which brings calm or quiet to a person, place, or situation.
乱す means to disturb or throw into disorder, the opposite of 揃える's sense of neatly arranging or evening things out.
乱す means to disturb or throw into disorder, the opposite of 定める used in its literary sense of pacifying or bringing order.
