錯綜|さくそうsakusou[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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


