adjective

  1. easily mixed up (e.g. similar words), easily mistaken, confusingly similar, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
紛らわしい まぎらわしい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

distract, be mistaken for, go astray
まぎ.れる フン (8th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
part, minute of time, segment
ブン わ.ける ブ (2nd)
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)