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What does 紛らわしい (まぎらわしい, magirawashii) mean?

紛らわしい (まぎらわしい, magirawashii) means confusing, easily mistaken, ambiguous.

Quick facts
Readingまぎらわしい
Romajimagirawashii
Part of speechi-adjective
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
まぎらわしい
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonmagirawashii

confusing, easily mistaken, ambiguous

  1. 1i-adjective easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing

Example sentences

  • I want to avoid confusing, easily misunderstood expressions.

  • These two words are easily confused with each other.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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