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disorder, disturbance, disruption
A state of confusion, lack of order, or irregularity. Used for both physical disarray and abstract concepts like social disorder or emotional turmoil.
乱れ is a noun meaning disorder or disturbance, covering physical disarray, emotional turmoil, and social breakdown.
Etymology
Noun form of the intransitive verb 乱れる (to become disordered). The transitive counterpart is 乱す (to throw into disorder).
Common collocations
Common patterns
Typically used with の to connect to the thing that is disordered: Xの乱れ. Can also appear in literary or formal writing to describe chaos or upheaval.