錯綜|さくそうsakusou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbecoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
Conjugation
Dictionary form錯綜する(さくそうする)
Polite (masu)錯綜します(さくそうします)
Negative (nai)錯綜しない(さくそうしない)
polite (masen)錯綜しません(さくそうしません)
classical zu / nu錯綜せず・錯綜せぬ(さくそうせず・さくそうせぬ)
Past (ta)錯綜した(さくそうした)
polite (mashita)錯綜しました(さくそうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)錯綜しなかった(さくそうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)錯綜しませんでした(さくそうしませんでした)
Te form錯綜して(さくそうして)
Potential錯綜できる(さくそうできる)
Passive錯綜される(さくそうされる)
Causative錯綜させる(さくそうさせる)
Causative passive錯綜させられる(さくそうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)錯綜すれば(さくそうすれば)
tara錯綜したら(さくそうしたら)
Volitional錯綜しよう(さくそうしよう)
polite (mashou)錯綜しましょう(さくそうしましょう)
Imperative錯綜しろ(さくそうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym複雑ふくざつNeutralNeutral and the everyday word. Covers anything hard to understand or handle — a broader range than 「錯綜」, which paints many threads interwoven.
  • Related紛糾ふんきゅうWrittenWritten style. Suggests confusion from disputes — a meeting deadlocked in argument, for instance — and carries a stronger sense of conflict than 「錯綜」.
  • Related煩雑はんざつWrittenWritten style. Describes procedures or paperwork that are cumbersome and bothersome, as in 「煩雑な手続き」; 「錯綜」 is about things being intertwined.
  • Related複雑化ふくざつかNeutralNeutral. Focuses on the process of something growing more and more complicated, where 「錯綜」 pictures the tangled state itself.
  • Antonym単純たんじゅんNeutralNeutral antonym. Simple structure or form, with nothing intertwined — the direct opposite of the tangled complexity of 「錯綜」.

Use 「錯綜」 for many things intricately intertwined, as in 「情報が錯綜する」. Day to day, 「複雑」 is the natural word; 「紛糾」 adds a sense of dispute, 「煩雑」 fits cumbersome procedures, and 「複雑化」 stresses the process of growing complicated.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 物事ものごとが複雑ふくざつに入り組いりくむこと。
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