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紛らわしい (magirawashii) Japanese meaning: confusing | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 紛らわしい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 紛まぎ らわしい 紛まぎ らわしくない Polite 紛まぎ らわしいです 紛まぎ らわしくないです also 紛まぎ らわしくありません Past polite 紛まぎ らわしかったです 紛まぎ らわしくなかったです also 紛まぎ らわしくありませんでした Past 紛まぎ らわしかった 紛まぎ らわしくなかった Te-form 紛まぎ らわしくて 紛まぎ らわしくなくて Adverbial 紛まぎ らわしく Conditional 紛まぎ らわしければ 紛まぎ らわしくなければ Tara conditional 紛まぎ らわしかったら 紛まぎ らわしくなかったら
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These two kanji are confusingly similar in shape.
His explanation was misleading, and I couldn't tell what was true.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 と 〈 物もの 〉 が 紛まぎ らわしい two things are easily confused with each other
This label and that one look similar in color and are easily confused.
紛まぎ らわしい 〈 物もの 〉 a confusing or misleading thing (name, expression, etc.)
Because of the confusing name, it's often mistaken for something else.
〈 事こと 〉 を 紛まぎ らわしくする to make something confusing or misleading
You should avoid expressions that are deliberately made confusing.
Kanji 紛 distract, be mistaken for, go astray Related words ややこしい describes something complicated or troublesome to sort out, while 紛らわしい focuses specifically on being easily mistaken for something else.
曖昧 describes something vague or unclear in meaning, whereas 紛らわしい describes something that closely resembles or is easily confused with something else.
Don't confuse with 煩わしい looks and sounds similar to 紛らわしい but means troublesome or annoying, not confusing or easily mistaken.
紛らわしい describes something that is easily confused or ambiguous, nearly the opposite in meaning to 紛れもない despite sharing the same root 紛れる.
紛らわしい means 'easily confused/ambiguous' (like similar-looking items), while 疑わしい means 'doubtful or suspicious' (like an untrustworthy claim), despite the similar い-adjective ending.
Written forms 紛まぎ らわしい Usage 67%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading is unambiguous.
まぎらわしい Usage 33%
Etymology Derived from the verb 紛れる (まぎれる, 'to become mixed up') with the adjectival suffix ～わしい, which often expresses a tendency or characteristic.
