狂乱|きょうらんkyouran[0]heiban (flat)
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- suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectivefury; frenzy; madness; wildness
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 狂乱する(きょうらんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 狂乱します(きょうらんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 狂乱しない(きょうらんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 狂乱しません(きょうらんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 狂乱せず・狂乱せぬ(きょうらんせず・きょうらんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 狂乱した(きょうらんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 狂乱しました(きょうらんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 狂乱しなかった(きょうらんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 狂乱しませんでした(きょうらんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 狂乱して(きょうらんして) |
| Potential | 狂乱できる(きょうらんできる) |
| Passive | 狂乱される(きょうらんされる) |
| Causative | 狂乱させる(きょうらんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 狂乱させられる(きょうらんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 狂乱すれば(きょうらんすれば) |
| tara | 狂乱したら(きょうらんしたら) |
| Volitional | 狂乱しよう(きょうらんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 狂乱しましょう(きょうらんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 狂乱しろ(きょうらんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym狂気きょうきNeutralMadness or insanity as a state of mind; 「狂乱」 instead stresses frenzied, disordered behavior.
- Related激情げきじょうNeutralIntense emotion itself, as in 「激情に駆られる」; the feeling can run high without any loss of self-control, unlike the frenzy of 「狂乱」.
- RelatedヒステリーNeutralA loanword for hysteria — losing control of one's emotions; colloquial, and usually said of a person suddenly having an outburst.
- Related逆上ぎゃくじょうNeutralFlying into a rage in a flash of anger; the emphasis is on losing one's head through fury, not on wild, disordered behavior.
- Related病的興奮NeutralA pathological state of excitement; a medical description, and not often used.
- Antonym平静へいせいNeutralAntonym: a calm, peaceful state of mind; it is the opposite of 「狂乱」, with its frenzied loss of composure.
- Antonym冷静れいせいNeutralAntonym: calmness and composure; it is the opposite of 「狂乱」 as the state of keeping one's reason.
Use 「狂乱」 when someone loses their reason and is thrown into mad confusion; it also describes abnormal things like prices, as in 「狂乱物価」. For losing your head in anger say 「逆上」, for insanity 「狂気」; the antonym is 「冷静」.
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