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濫: excessive

excessive; reckless; overflowing
18 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 5 words here

Readings

On
ラン
Kun
みだりに・みだりがましい

Often replaced by the simpler 乱 in everyday writing, e.g. 濫用 becomes 乱用.

Key words

氾濫はんらんoverflow; flood
濫用らんようabuse; misuse
濫獲らんかくoverfishing; overhunting
濫りにみだりにwithout permission; recklessly

Example sentences

The abuse of power is a great danger to democracy.

Anyone other than authorized personnel is forbidden to enter without permission.

To prevent overfishing, the period during which fishing is allowed is fixed.

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