雑 然(ざつぜん)

ざつぜん

taru-adjective, to-adverb

cluttered, messy, disorderly

descriptive

1. cluttered, messy, disorderly

A state of things being scattered about without order; unkempt.

部屋(へや)が雑然(ざつぜん)としている。

The room is cluttered.

雑然(ざつぜん)とした机(つくえ)の上(うえ)。

A messy desktop.

物(もの)が雑然(ざつぜん)と置(お)かれた倉庫(そうこ)を整理(せいり)した。

I organized the warehouse where things were left in disorder.

雑然(ざつぜん) describes a place or collection of things in disorder: many items scattered about with no arrangement. Like other taru-adjectives it takes と: 雑然(ざつぜん)とした, 雑然(ざつぜん)と.

Common patterns

雑然(ざつぜん)とした + noun: cluttered ~
雑然(ざつぜん)としている: to be in a cluttered state
雑然(ざつぜん)と + verb: in a disorderly manner

Related words

整然(せいぜん): orderly, neat (the opposite)
雑多(ざった): miscellaneous (emphasis on variety rather than disorder)
散(ち)らかる: to be scattered, messy

Common collocations

雑然(ざつぜん)とした部屋(へや): a cluttered room
雑然(ざつぜん)とした状態(じょうたい): a state of disorder

Related Words

Antonym: 整然(せいぜん) (orderly)

Synonym: 雑多(ざった) (emphasizes variety)

Related: 散(ち)らかる (to be scattered, messy)

Related: 散漫(さんまん) (scattered, unfocused, desultory)

Compare: 乱雑(らんざつ) (messy)

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Added 2026.2.1 13:57 · Revised 2026.10.1 13:22

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