confuse

混乱させる

相手が物事をはっきり理解できないようにする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone unable to understand something clearly.

• These instructions confuse me.
• His explanation confused the whole class.
• Does the new menu confuse you?

類義語： puzzle, bewilder

反対語： clarify

よく使う表現： confuse someone, confuse the reader, confuse a child, confuse a student

取り違える、混同する

ある人や物を、別の人や物だと思い違いする。

やさしい英語で： To think that one person or thing is another.

• I often confuse their names.
• She confused salt with sugar.
• Did you confuse me with someone else?

使い方： confuse someone/something with someone/something (I always confuse Anna with her sister.)

類義語： mix up, mistake

反対語： distinguish

よく使う表現： confuse two things, confuse someone with someone

乱す、混ぜ合わせる

物を混ぜ合わせたり、整った状態を乱したりする。

やさしい英語で： To mix things together or put them into a disorderly state.

• The wind confused the neat piles of papers.
• A sudden retreat confused the soldiers’ ranks.
• Moving the cards confused their original order.

類義語： disorder, jumble, mix

反対語： organize

よく使う表現： confuse the order, confuse the ranks, confuse the arrangement