狂う

• 読み: くるう
• ローマ字: kuruu
• 漢字の分解: 狂 (kyō/kuru) — mad, crazy, deviate
• 発音: /kɯ.ɾɯ.ɯ/

意味

To go mad; to get out of order. Describes losing sanity, or something malfunctioning or deviating from normal.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the う row. Used literally for madness but more often for mechanical malfunction (時計が狂う — the clock is off), plans going awry (予定が狂う — plans go haywire), or being obsessed with something. The te-form 狂って is common in casual speech.

例文

1. 暑さで時計が狂ってしまった。
2. 急な雨で旅行の計画が狂った。
3. 彼はゲームに狂っていて毎晩遅くまで遊んでいる。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, mechanical issues, colloquial

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 狂 combines 犬 (dog) and 王 (king), suggesting a dog acting as if it were king — behaving abnormally or wildly.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal