内ない乱らん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

Refers to armed conflict or large-scale upheaval within a country, as opposed to external war. Often used in historical, political, or news contexts.

その国くには長なが年ねんの内ない乱らんで荒こう廃はいした。
The country was devastated by years of civil war.
内ない乱らんの拡かく大だいを防ふせぐために国こく際さい社しゃ会かいが介かい入にゅうした。
The international community intervened to prevent the spread of the insurrection.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で内ない乱らんが起おこるfor a civil war to break out (somewhere)
その国くにで内ない乱らんが起おこった。
A civil war broke out in that country.
内ない乱らんを鎮ちん圧あつするto suppress a civil war/rebellion
政せい府ふ軍ぐんは内ない乱らんを鎮ちん圧あつした。
The government forces suppressed the rebellion.
内ない乱らん状じょう態たいに陥おちいるto fall into a state of civil war
国くに全ぜん体たいが内ない乱らん状じょう態たいに陥おちいった。
The whole country fell into a state of civil war.

Kanji

内inside, within, between
乱riot, war, disorder

Related words

内ない戦せんN1
内戦 is the more direct, common word for a full-scale civil war between two sides, while 内乱 can also cover smaller-scale rebellions or general domestic turmoil.
反はん乱らんN1
反乱 focuses narrowly on an armed revolt against authority, whereas 内乱 describes the broader state of internal conflict that such a revolt can cause.
動どう乱らんN1
動乱 refers more generally to social or political upheaval and disorder, while 内乱 specifically implies armed conflict within a nation.
暴ぼう動どうN1
暴動 describes a riot or violent mob uprising, a smaller and less organized event than the sustained armed conflict implied by 内乱.
乱らんN1
内乱 specifically means a civil war fought within one country, whereas 乱 can refer to any kind of revolt or war, domestic or otherwise.

Word family

内ない乱らん罪ざい
criminal insurrection; crime of insurrection

Etymology

Compound of 内 (inside, domestic) and 乱 (disorder, war). The term has been used in Japanese to denote internal armed conflict since at least the Meiji period.