Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
もつ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 縺れ – see the following entry.
もつれ
[adjective] tangled
[adjective] complicated
[noun] tangle, entanglement
[noun] complication, imbroglio
(This term, 縺れ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)