Word Meaning 乱用

らんよう ranyou

乱用 is read as らんよう (ranyou) and means abuse.

Meaning

English

  1. abuse
  2. misuse
  3. misappropriation
  4. using to excess

Reading

Kana

らんよう

Romaji

ranyou

Writing Variants

  • らん用 らんよう ranyou
  • 濫用 らんよう ranyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 3704 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

権利乱用

けんりらんよう

abuse of rights

職権乱用

しょっけんらんよう

abuse of authority

薬物乱用

やくぶつらんよう

drug abuse

国立薬物乱用研究所

こくりつやくぶつらんようけんきゅうじょ

National Institute on Drug Abuse

乱暴

らんぼう

rape

乱れる

みだれる

to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

乱す

みだす

to throw into disorder

乱雑

らんざつ

disorder

乱舞

らっぷ

boisterous dance

乱立

らんりつ

standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers

乱売

らんばい

underselling

乱発

らんぱつ

random firing

Example Sentences

6

The king abused his power.

He abuses his authority.

Tom has a history of drug abuse.

That politician attracted the antipathy of the public through their abuse of public office.

The section chief seems to like abusing his authority.

It seems that the policeman in this TV series is a dirty cop who abuses his authority.