撹かく乱らん者しゃ

Meanings

noun

disturber of the peace; troublemaker; nuisance

rare term

A person who disrupts public order or causes trouble; a formal or legalistic term. Rare in everyday conversation.

警けい察さつはその撹かく乱らん者しゃを逮たい捕ほした。
The police arrested the disturber of the peace.
彼かれは会かい議ぎでいつも撹かく乱らん者しゃになる。
He always becomes a troublemaker at meetings.

Kanji

撹disturb, throw into confusion
乱riot, war, disorder
者someone, person
攪disturb, throw into confusion

Related words

迷めい惑わく者もの
迷惑者 is a more common word for a nuisance or troublesome person, while 撹乱者 specifically implies disruption of order or peace.
乱らん暴ぼう者もの
乱暴者 refers to a violent or rough person, whereas 撹乱者 focuses on causing disturbance or chaos, not necessarily physical violence.

Built from

撹かく乱らん+者しゃ

Written forms

撹かく乱らん者しゃ
Standard kanji spelling using the simplified form 撹.
攪かく乱らん者しゃ
Variant spelling using the traditional form 攪; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 撹乱 (かくらん, 'disturbance, disruption') + 者 (しゃ, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a person who causes disturbance.