もつれる

Japanese
Alternative spelling
縺れる

Pronunciation

Verb

もつれる • (motsureru) intransitive ichidan (stem もつれ (motsure), past もつれた (motsureta))

  1. get tangled
  2. become complicated

Conjugation
Conjugation of "もつれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もつれ motsure
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もつれ motsure
Shūshikei ("terminal") もつれる motsureru
Rentaikei ("attributive") もつれる motsureru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もつれれ motsurere
Meireikei ("imperative") もつれよ¹
もつれろ²		 motsureyo¹
motsurero²
Key constructions
Passive もつれられる motsurerareru
Causative もつれさせる
もつれさす		 motsuresaseru
motsuresasu
Potential もつれられる
もつれれる³		 motsurerareru
motsurereru³
Volitional もつれよう motsureyō
Negative もつれない
もつれぬ
もつれん		 motsurenai
motsurenu
motsuren
Negative continuative もつれず motsurezu
Formal もつれます motsuremasu
Perfective もつれた motsureta
Conjunctive もつれて motsurete
Hypothetical conditional もつれれば motsurereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms
  • 差(さ)し縺(もつ)れる (sashimotsureru)
  • 舌(した)が縺(もつ)れる (shita ga motsureru)
  • 縺(もつ)れ (motsure)

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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