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JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

紛まぎらわしい

magirawashii

confusing, easily mistaken

Example sentences

  1. これはちょっと紛まぎらわしいな。

    This is a bit confusing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 今回こんかいの試験しけんは、難むずかしかった上うえに質問しつもんも紛まぎらわしかった。

    The latest exam was difficult and its questions misleading.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 駅名えきめいが同おなじで紛まぎらわしいため、一般的いっぱんてきには京阪宇治駅けいはんうじえきと呼よばれる。

    This station is usually called Keihan Uji Station, because it’s confusing that the two stations have the same name.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 紛

  • 紛distract; be mistaken forOnフンKunまぎれる・まぎらす・まぎらわす

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