騒乱|そうらんsouran[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivedisturbance; riot; mayhem

• Synonym騒動そうどうNeutralA broad word for uproar, strife and commotion, also covering scandals and media storms; 「騒乱」 focuses on disturbances that disrupt public order.
• Synonym暴動ぼうどうNeutralGroup violence — a crowd rioting; the emphasis is on the violence itself, while 「騒乱」 stresses that social order has been thrown into disarray.
• Synonym動乱どうらんWrittenWritten/formal prose for large-scale social upheaval or wartime disorder, usually at the national level — bigger in scope than 「騒乱」.
• Synonym禍乱からんWrittenWritten/formal prose, rarely used: calamity and disorder, with a strong tinge of disaster.
• Synonym紛擾ふんじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose, rare: disputes and wrangling; the focus is on the discord, which need not grow into a 「騒乱」.
• Synonym擾乱じょうらんWrittenWritten/formal prose, rare: the act or state of disturbing order; stresses the disruption itself rather than a riot.
• Synonym変乱へんらんWrittenWritten/formal prose: rebellions and wars arising from a crisis, mostly in historical contexts; 「騒乱」 centers on order being disturbed.
• Synonym騒擾そうじょうWrittenAn old legal term for riots and disturbances; largely superseded by 「騒乱」 in modern usage.
• Related波乱はらんNeutralFigurative storms and ups and downs, as in 「波乱万丈」; it stresses turbulence and change, not crowd violence.
• Related事変じへんWrittenWritten/formal prose for major incidents, including armed conflicts without a formal declaration of war, as in 「満州事変」.
• Related混乱こんらんNeutralA broad, common word for confusion and disorder; it need not involve crowd violence, so its range is much wider than 「騒乱」.
• Related大騒ぎおおさわぎCasualColloquial: a big clamor or stir; the scale can be large or small.
• Related騒ぎさわぎNeutralThe everyday word for a commotion or uproar; common in daily life and not necessarily involving crowd violence.
• Related乱らんWrittenWritten/formal prose for rebellion or war; mostly seen in historical names such as 「応仁の乱」.
• Antonym平穏へいおんNeutralAntonym: calm, untroubled peace — the opposite of 「騒乱」 as a disturbance of public order.
• Antonym平和へいわNeutralAntonym: peace and harmony, opposed to social turmoil and riots.
• Antonym安定あんていNeutralAntonym: stability, as in 「社会の安定」; the opposite of the turbulence of 「騒乱」.

Use 「騒乱」 for disturbances that throw social order into disarray, as in 「騒乱罪」. For everyday commotions say 「騒ぎ」 or 「騒動」; for violent crowd action, 「暴動」; for large-scale national upheaval, 「動乱」. The written terms 「禍乱」, 「紛擾」, 「擾乱」, 「変乱」 and 「騒擾」 are rare or historical, 「波乱」 is figurative turbulence, and the antonyms are 「平穏」, 「平和」 and 「安定」.

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1. 事件じけんが起おこって社会しゃかいの秩序ちつじょが乱みだれること。