紛らわしい[まぎらわしい] (magirawashii)

confusing, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 5
  • #37364 most frequent
Flashcards

Meaning

紛らわしい (まぎらわしい, magirawashii) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “confusing, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

あの 二人ふたり名前なまえまぎらわしい

Those two people's names are confusing.

虚偽だとは言わないまでも、かなり紛らわしい表現だ。

I can't go so far as to call this wording deceptive, but it sure is misleading.

紛らわしいので、使用すべきではない。

This means that in international context this format is ambiguous and should not be used.

特に紛らわしいのは、小町大路と小町通である。

Particularly confusing are the Komachi-oji Street and Komachi-dori Street.cpufreqd