Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
縺れ

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

もつれ (motsure-na (adnominal もつれ (motsure na na), adverbial もつれ (motsure ni ni))

  1. tangled
  2. complicated

Inflection edit

Noun edit

もつれ (motsure

  1. tangle, entanglement
  2. complication, imbroglio

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN