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    3. 紛らわしい

    紛らわしい

    紛まぎら​わ​し​い​

    easily mixed up (e.g. similar words)

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    まぎらわしい

    Adjective

    1.
    easily mixed up (e.g. similar words), easily mistaken, confusing, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous

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    彼かれいの説せつ明めいは紛まぎらわしい。

    His explanation is confusing.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    似にたような名な前まえが多おおくて、とても紛まぎらわしい。

    There are so many similar names, it's very confusing.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その広こう告こくは消しょう費ひ者しゃを誤ご解かいさせるような紛まぎらわしい表ひょう現げんを使つかっていた。

    That advertisement used misleading expressions that could cause consumers to misunderstand.

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    紛まぎらわしい情じょう報ほうに惑まどわされず、冷れい静せいに判 断 することが重じゅう要ようだ。

    It's important to judge calmly without being misled by confusing information.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    日に本ほん語ごには発はつ音おんが似にていて紛まぎらわしい単たん語ごがたくさんある。

    In Japanese, there are many words with similar pronunciations that are easily confused.

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    Characters that make up this word

    紛
    まぎ.れる・-まぎ.れ・まぎ.らす・まぎ.らわす・まぎ.らわしい…(1)
    distract・be mistaken for・go astray・divert
    Kanji
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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