Word Meaning 騒動

そうどう soudou

騒動 is read as そうどう (soudou) and means feud.

Meaning

English

feud
tussle
quarrel
dispute
strife
riot
rebellion
turmoil

Reading

Kana

そうどう

Romaji

soudou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 2999 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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大騒動

おおそうどう

great tumult

米騒動

こめそうどう

rice riot (esp. in 1890, 1897 and 1918)

お家騒動

おいえそうどう

internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

ひと騒動

ひとそうどう

disturbance

騒音

そうおん

noise

騒ぎ

さわぎ

uproar

騒ぐ

さわぐ

to make merry

騒々しい

そうぞうしい

turbulent

騒がしい

さわがしい

noisy

騒然

そうぜん

noisy

騒乱

そうらん

disturbance

激動

げきどう

violent shock

Example Sentences

１９１８年に全国で米騒動が起こりました。

In 1918, revolts due to the price of rice erupted all around the country.