乱用

See also: 亂用

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 亂用 (“to misuse; to abuse”).
(This term is the simplified form of 亂用).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
らん
Grade: 6
よう
Grade: 2
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spellings
亂用 (kyūjitai)
濫用

Etymology

From earlier 濫用 (ran'yō). (ran, disorder) is a daiyōji replacing (ran, excessive; superfluous).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んよー [ràń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

(らん)(よう) • (ran'yō) 

  1. misuse, abuse
    (やく)(ぶつ)(らん)(よう)
    yakubutsu ran'yō
    drug abuse
    (しょっ)(けん)(らん)(よう)
    shokkenran'yō
    abuse of authority
  2. overuse

Verb

(らん)(よう)する • (ran'yō suru) transitive suru (stem (らん)(よう) (ran'yō shi), past (らん)(よう)した (ran'yō shita))

  1. to misuse, to abuse
  2. to overuse

Conjugation

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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