狂乱|きょうらんkyouran[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 心こころが狂くるったようになり、取り乱とりみだすこと。
  2. (比喩ひゆ)極きわめて異常いじょうなこと。
  3. (歌舞伎かぶき)狂人きょうじんが舞い狂まいくるう所作しょさ。
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