ambiguous

(string) + (understand / divide / minute)
★★☆☆☆
10 strokes

Onyomi

FUN

To Japanese, it's FUN to give ambiguous answers to foreigners!!!

Mnemonic

String theory is too ambiguous to understand.

Kunyomi

まぎ*らわしい ambiguous
★★☆☆☆
( ) まぎ*れる to mistake something for a similar thing, to get diverted off the main point, to be distracted, to . . . KANA
☆☆☆☆☆

Jukugo

気が紛れる(きがまぎれる)

divert attention ★☆☆☆☆
(mood) + (ambiguous) = 気が紛れる (divert attention)

to divert one's attention from one's troubles

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
powder MINUTE
grain STAND
ambiguous STRING

If you STAND on top of grain,
you'll grind it to powder in one MINUTE
STRING is too ambiguous to be a good mnemonic!

Synonyms

ambiguous
曖昧    紛らわしい    漠然