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紛らわしい: easily mixed up (e.g. similar words), easily mistaken, confusing, misleading, equivocal, ambigu | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

紛(まぎ)らわしい

まぎらわしい

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

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Reading and meaning

Reading: まぎらわしい
Romaji: magirawashii
Meaning: easily mixed up (e.g. similar words), easily mistaken, confusing, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous
Word type: i adjective

FuriganaEnglish

考慮(こうりょ)

しなければ

誤解(ごかい)

を

招(まね)

きかねない。

Confusing expressions may lead to misunderstandings if the context is not taken into account.

その二(ふた)つの薬(くすり)は名称(めいしょう)が紛(まぎ)らわしいため、取(と)り違(ちが)えないよう注意(ちゅうい)が必要(ひつよう)だ。

Because the names of the two medicines are confusingly similar, care must be taken not to mix them up.

紛(まぎ)らわしい標識(ひょうしき)のせいで、観光客(かんこうきゃく)が別(べつ)の道(みち)に進(すす)んでしまった。

Because of the misleading sign, the tourists ended up taking a different road.

彼(かれ)の紛(まぎ)らわしい説明(せつめい)では、責任(せきにん)の所在(しょざい)が明(あき)らかにならない。

His ambiguous explanation does not clarify who is responsible.