らんま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of らんま – see the following entries.

【乱麻】 [noun] [from 1859] (literally) a tangled cord or string [noun] [from 1859] (figuratively) a muddle, a jumble, chaos, a disordered state

【欄間】 [noun] [from 1563] a decorative wood carving or screen in the transom or lintel above a doorway in Japanese architecture (note that the use of sliding panel doors may mean that the transom is essentially as long as the wall)

(This term, らんま (ranma), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)