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混乱 (こんらん): chaos, confusion, mayhem — Japanese vocabulary

混乱 is read こんらん and means "chaos, confusion, mayhem". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

混乱

Reading
こんらん · konran
Translation
chaos, confusion, mayhem
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
こんらんが

Example

東北・秋田新幹線が運転を見合わせるなど交通も混乱した。

とうほく・あきたしんかんせんがうんてんをみあわせるなどこうつうもこんらんした。

Traffic was also disrupted including the suspension of the Akita, Tohoku bullet train.

Kanji in this word

  • 混 — mix, mingle
  • 乱 — disorder, riot

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