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紛まぎらわしい

まぎらわしい magirawashii Play N1 I-adjective

物事の区別がつきにくく、誤解を招きやすいさま。 confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

Example 1

これはちょっと紛らわしいな。

This is a bit confusing.

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Example 2

彼の説明は専門用語が多くて、初めて聞く人には紛らわしい。

His explanation uses many technical terms, making it confusing for people hearing it for the first time.

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Kanji breakdown

紛

N1

distract; be mistaken for; go astray; divert

On reading
フン
Kun reading
まぎ.れる、-まぎ.れ、まぎ.らす、まぎ.らわす、まぎ.らわしい
Radical
糸
Illustration of 紛れる
N1

まぎれる

to be diverted; to slip into

Illustration of 紛争
N1

ふんそう

dispute; trouble; strife

Illustration of 紛失
N1

ふんしつ

losing something