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取り乱す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	取とり乱みだす	取とり乱みださない
Polite	取とり乱みだします	取とり乱みだしません
Past polite	取とり乱みだしました	取とり乱みだしませんでした
Past	取とり乱みだした	取とり乱みださなかった
Te-form	取とり乱みだして	取とり乱みださないで
Desire	取とり乱みだしたい	取とり乱みだしたくない
Potential	取とり乱みだせる	取とり乱みだせない
Passive	取とり乱みだされる	取とり乱みだされない
Causative	取とり乱みださせる	取とり乱みださせない
Causative passive	取とり乱みださせられる	取とり乱みださせられない
Volitional	取とり乱みだそう
Polite volitional	取とり乱みだしましょう
Imperative	取とり乱みだせ	取とり乱みだすな
Conditional	取とり乱みだせば	取とり乱みださなければ
Tara conditional	取とり乱みだしたら	取とり乱みださなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

get upset; lose composure; be flustered

Intransitive. Describes a person becoming emotionally unsettled, losing calmness, or panicking. Often used when someone is visibly shaken or unable to think clearly.

突とつ然ぜんの知しらせに彼かれは取とり乱みだした。
He lost his composure at the sudden news.
試し験けん中ちゅうに取とり乱みださないように、深しん呼こ吸きゅうをした。
I took a deep breath so as not to get flustered during the exam.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

mess up; put in disorder; scatter about

Transitive. Refers to physically disturbing or disarranging things, such as scattering objects or making a mess. Less common than the intransitive sense.

子こ供どもが部屋へや中じゅうにおもちゃを取とり乱みだした。
The child scattered toys all over the room.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に取とり乱みだすto become upset/distraught over something
突とつ然ぜんの知しらせに彼かの女じょは取とり乱みだした。
She became distraught at the sudden news.
〈物もの〉を取とり乱みだすto scatter or mess up things
泥どろ棒ぼうは部屋へやの中なかの物ものを取とり乱みだして逃にげた。
The thief scattered the belongings in the room before fleeing.
人ひと前まえで取とり乱みだすto lose one's composure in front of others
彼かれは人ひと前まえで取とり乱みだすことを何なにより嫌きらった。
He hated nothing more than losing his composure in front of others.
取とり乱みださずに〈動どう詞し〉to do something calmly, without losing composure
彼かの女じょは取とり乱みださずに冷れい静せいに状じょう況きょうを説せつ明めいした。
She calmly explained the situation without losing her composure.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
乱riot, war, disorder

Related words

慌あわてるN3sense 1
慌てる stresses a hurried, panicky reaction to surprise, while 取り乱す focuses on losing emotional composure, often over a longer episode.
動どう揺ようN1sense 1
動揺する is a more formal, written word for being emotionally shaken, whereas 取り乱す is more colloquial and describes a visible loss of calm.
狼ろう狽ばい sense 1
狼狽する is a stiff, literary term for being flustered or bewildered, while 取り乱す is the everyday word for the same loss of composure.

Opposites

落おち着つくN3sense 1
落ち着く means to stay calm and composed, the direct opposite of 取り乱す, which means to lose one's composure.

Don't confuse with

取とり消けすN3
取り消す shares the 取り- prefix with 取り乱す but means 'to cancel or retract', not 'to lose composure or scatter things'.

Built from

取とる+乱みだす

Written forms

取とり乱みだすUsage78%
Standard kanji spelling.
とり乱みだすUsage9%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not commonly used.
とりみだすUsage8%
取とり乱みだすUsage4%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not commonly used.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (prefix adding emphasis or 'completely') and 乱す (to disturb, to throw into disorder). The intransitive sense developed from the idea of one's mind or composure being thrown into disorder.