暴動|ぼうどうboudou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouninsurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
   暴動ぼうどうの噂うわさが広ひろまっていた。↗

   Rumor of a riot was in the air.

• Synonym騒動そうどうNeutralBroader word covering turmoil, strife, even media uproars or scandals; 「暴動」 refers specifically to a crowd riot involving violence.
• Synonym騒乱そうらんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a disturbance that disrupts public order; 「暴動」 puts more emphasis on the violence itself.
• Synonym一揆いっきWrittenHistorical term for uprisings in Japan since the middle ages by peasants, provincial warriors, religious followers, etc., as in 「百姓一揆」 and 「一向一揆」.
• Synonym大乱たいらんWrittenWritten/formal prose: a great upheaval in which war and the like throw the world into chaos; 「暴動」 is a riot by a gathered crowd.
• Synonym騒擾そうじょうWrittenLegal term in written prose for a crowd disturbing the peace, as in 「騒擾罪」; in daily use say 「騒乱」.
• Related大騒ぎおおさわぎNeutralA big clamour or uproar — loud commotion that need not involve violence; 「暴動」 always implies violence.
• Related波乱はらんNeutralRefers to waves, troubles or ups and downs, as in 「波乱万丈」; 「暴動」 is a violent riot.
• Related事変じへんWrittenAn emergency event or incident; also a war waged without a formal declaration, as in 「満州事変」.
• Related混乱こんらんNeutralConfusion or disorder; violence not necessarily involved, unlike 「暴動」.
• Related騒ぎさわぎNeutralEveryday word for an uproar or commotion, common in speech; 「暴動」 implies violence and a larger scale.
• Related激動げきどうNeutralViolent social turbulence or upheaval, as in 「激動の時代」; 「暴動」 is a concrete riot incident.
• Related擾乱じょうらんWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare; means disturbing or disrupting order. In everyday speech use 「騒乱」 or 「混乱」 instead.
• Related禍乱からんWrittenWritten/formal prose: calamity and turmoil befalling the world; 「暴動」 centres on crowd violence.
• Related紛擾ふんじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: disturbance and disputes; 「暴動」 involves violence.
• Related乱らんWrittenRevolt, rebellion or war, usually in the pattern 「〜の乱」, as in 「応仁の乱」; 「暴動」 is a crowd riot.
• Related変乱へんらんWrittenWritten/formal prose: rebellion or war that throws society into disorder; 「暴動」 is a crowd riot.
• Antonym平和へいわNeutralAntonym on the order-vs-unrest axis: peace and harmony, the opposite of the turmoil of 「暴動」.
• Antonym安定あんていNeutralAntonym on the order-vs-unrest axis: social stability, the opposite of the turmoil of 「暴動」.

Use 「暴動」 for a riot in which a crowd uses violence to disrupt social order. For broader turmoil or media uproars choose 「騒動」; for order-disrupting disturbances in formal prose 「騒乱」; for loud commotion without violence 「大騒ぎ」; for historical Japanese uprisings 「一揆」. Antonyms: 「平和」, 「安定」.

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1. 多おおくの者ものが集あつまって騒動そうどうを起おこし、社会しゃかいの秩序ちつじょを乱みだすこと。