動どう乱らん

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Meanings

disturbance; upheaval; unrest; riot; war

Refers to large-scale social or political turmoil, including riots, civil unrest, and war. Often used in news and historical contexts.

その国くには長なが年ねんの動どう乱らんの末すえ、ようやく平へい和わを取とり戻もどした。
After years of upheaval, the country finally regained peace.
動どう乱らんの時じ代だいを生いき抜ぬいた人ひと々びとの証しょう言げんが貴き重ちょうだ。
The testimonies of people who survived the turbulent era are valuable.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で動どう乱らんが起おこるfor unrest/upheaval to break out in a place
その国くにで大だい規き模ぼな動どう乱らんが起おこった。
A large-scale upheaval broke out in that country.
動どう乱らんに巻まき込こまれるto get caught up in an upheaval
多おおくの市し民みんが動どう乱らんに巻まき込こまれた。
Many citizens got caught up in the upheaval.
動どう乱らんの時じ代だいan era of turmoil/upheaval
その時じ代だいは動どう乱らんの時じ代だいとして知しられている。
That period is known as an era of upheaval.
動どう乱らんを経けい験けんするto experience/live through an upheaval
祖そ父ふはその動どう乱らんを経けい験けんした世せ代だいだ。
My grandfather belongs to the generation that lived through that upheaval.

Kanji

動move, motion, change
乱riot, war, disorder

Related words· 8

混こん乱らんN3
混乱 refers to general confusion or disorder, while 動乱 specifically denotes large-scale social or political upheaval, often involving violence.
騒そう乱らん
騒乱 describes a riot or public disturbance that is usually more localized and short-lived, whereas 動乱 implies broader, longer-lasting upheaval.
戦せん乱らん
戦乱 focuses specifically on the chaos of war, while 動乱 covers a wider range of unrest including riots and civil disorder, not just warfare.
内ない乱らんN1
内乱 means a civil war or internal rebellion within a country, whereas 動乱 is a broader term for any large-scale turmoil, domestic or otherwise.

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激げき動どうN1
動乱 emphasizes disorder and disturbance, often with a connotation of conflict or riot, while 激動 focuses on dramatic, often large-scale change or upheaval.
内ない戦せんN1
動乱 emphasizes social and political upheaval or unrest, while 内戦 specifically refers to organized armed fighting between factions in a country.
事じ変へん
動乱 emphasizes social or political turmoil and unrest, while 事変 focuses on a specific triggering incident that causes such disruption.
乱らんN1
動乱 describes widespread social or political turmoil and unrest, while 乱 is the plainer term often used to name a single historical revolt.

Opposites

平へい和わN4
平和 means peace and stability, the direct opposite of the violent upheaval described by 動乱.

Etymology

Compound of 動 (movement, agitation) and 乱 (disorder, rebellion). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys large-scale turmoil.