乱れる・紊れる|みだれるmidareru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Which spelling to use
乱れる乱れる(みだれる) is the most common form; beginners should use it when writing the word themselves.
紊れる紊れる(みだれる) is rarely used, so you will seldom encounter it; choose 乱れる(みだれる) instead.
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled; to be dishevelled
    ダイヤが乱みだれていた。↗
    The timetable was disrupted.
  2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed
  3. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
Conjugation
Dictionary form乱れる(みだれる)
Polite (masu)乱れます(みだれます)
Negative (nai)乱れない(みだれない)
polite (masen)乱れません(みだれません)
classical zu / nu乱れず・乱れぬ(みだれず・みだれぬ)
Past (ta)乱れた(みだれた)
polite (mashita)乱れました(みだれました)
Past negative (nakatta)乱れなかった(みだれなかった)
polite (masen deshita)乱れませんでした(みだれませんでした)
Te form乱れて(みだれて)
Potential乱れられる(みだれられる)
Passive乱れられる(みだれられる)
Causative乱れさせる(みだれさせる)
Causative passive乱れさせられる(みだれさせられる)
Conditional (ba)乱れれば(みだれれば)
tara乱れたら(みだれたら)
Volitional乱れよう(みだれよう)
polite (mashou)乱れましょう(みだれましょう)
Imperative乱れろ(みだれろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive乱れるみだれる⇄transitive乱すみだす
髪かみが風かぜで乱みだれる
乱れる describes something becoming disordered or unsettled on its own or from an external cause (as in 髪が風で乱れる), while 乱す focuses on a person or agent actively disrupting order (as in 子供が部屋の秩序を乱す).

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. ばらばらになる
  2. 順序じゅんじょがめちゃめちゃになる
  3. 規律きりつなどがなくなる
  4. 思い惑おもいまどう
  5. 争あらそいが起おきて平和へいわでなくなる
  6. 性的せいてきに興奮こうふんして痴態ちたいをさらす
Kanji in this word
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