動乱

See also: 动乱 and 動亂

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
動 乱
どう
Grade: 3		 らん
Grade: 6
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
動亂 (kyūjitai)

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 動亂 (MC duwngX lwanH, literally “move + crazy, confused”).

First cited to a text from roughly 1358.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

動(どう)乱(らん) • (dōran) ←どうらん (douran)?

  1. riot, disturbance
  2. unrest, agitation
Antonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
動 乱
どう
Grade: 3
(ateji)		 らん
Grade: 6
(ateji)
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
動亂 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 動乱 – see the following entry.
【ドーラン】
[noun] [from 1930] greasepaint, theater makeup
Alternative spelling
胴乱
(This term, 動乱, is an alternative spelling (archaic) of the above term.)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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