Translation

曖昧さ / 多義性 / 解釈の余地

Meaning

Ambiguity is the quality of having unclear meaning or more than one possible interpretation. It usually belongs to words, instructions, rules, evidence, or situations, not to a person's mixed feelings.

Examples

• 契約書の曖昧さが、後で大きな争いになりました。
  The ambiguity in the contract caused a major dispute later.
• その見出しには曖昧さがあり、二通りに読めました。
  The headline had ambiguity and could be read in two ways.