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狂う

くるう

N2go wrong · become inaccurate

Examples

電車が遅れると一日の予定が狂う。

この時計は一日に数分ずつ狂うので、毎朝時刻を合わせている。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 狂う(くるう) describes plans being disrupted or something becoming inaccurate in these examples.
  • Basic usage: 予定が狂う means a schedule is disrupted; a clock that 狂う becomes inaccurate.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • An intransitive description
    • In 予定が狂う, the schedule itself goes awry. 予定を狂わせる describes something causing the schedule to go awry.

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