紛 (Kanji for ambiguous)

Onyomi

FUN	To Japanese, it's FUN to give ambiguous answers to foreigners!!!

String theory is too ambiguous to understand.

まぎ＊らわしい	ambiguous ★★☆☆☆
( に ) まぎ＊れる	to mistake something for a similar thing, to get diverted off the main point, to be distracted, to . . . KANA ☆☆☆☆☆

気が紛れる(きがまぎれる)

divert attention ★☆☆☆☆
気 (mood) + 紛 (ambiguous) = 気が紛れる (divert attention)

to divert one's attention from one's troubles

If you STAND on top of grain,
you'll grind it to powder in one MINUTE
STRING is too ambiguous to be a good mnemonic!