No. 1,080 in Japanese
混乱
"混乱" means "confusion" or "chaos."
In a sentence
この事件で社会が大きく混乱しました。
Society became greatly confused due to this incident.
Here, '混乱' is used to describe a state of generalized social confusion or disorder caused by external events.
彼は問題を整理するために混乱を落ち着かせようとした。
He tried to calm the confusion to organize the issue.
In this sentence, '混乱' refers to mental confusion or disorder in thinking, which requires sorting out.
難しい説明を聞いた後、みんなの心は混乱してしまった。
After hearing the difficult explanation, everyone felt confused.
Here, '混乱' is used to express a mental state of being puzzled or unable to understand clearly.
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