もつれ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
縺れ

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

もつれ • (motsure) -na (adnominal もつれな (motsure na), adverbial もつれに (motsure ni))

  1. tangled
  2. complicated

Inflection

Noun

もつれ • (motsure) 

  1. tangle, entanglement
  2. complication, imbroglio

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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