"もつれ" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞]
Etymology: The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”). Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=na}} もつれ • (motsure) -na (adnominal もつれな (motsure na), adverbial もつれに (motsure ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=|lemma=もつれ|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: motsure [romanization], もつれな [adnominal], もつれに [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], もつれだろ [imperfective, stem], motsure daro [imperfective, stem], もつれで [continuative, stem], motsure de [continuative, stem], もつれだ [stem, terminative], motsure da [stem, terminative], もつれな [attributive, stem], motsure na [attributive, stem], もつれなら [hypothetical, stem], motsure nara [hypothetical, stem], もつれであれ [imperative, stem], motsure de are [imperative, stem], もつれではない [informal, negative], もつれじゃない [informal, negative], motsure de wa nai [informal, negative], motsure ja nai [informal, negative], もつれだった [informal, past], motsure datta [informal, past], もつれではなかった [informal, negative, past], もつれじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], motsure de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], motsure ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], もつれです [formal], motsure desu [formal], もつれではありません [formal, negative], もつれじゃありません [formal, negative], motsure de wa arimasen [formal, negative], motsure ja arimasen [formal, negative], もつれでした [formal, past], motsure deshita [formal, past], もつれではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], もつれじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], motsure de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], motsure ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], もつれで [conjunctive], motsure de [conjunctive], もつれなら(ば) [conditional], motsure nara (ba) [conditional], もつれだったら [conditional, past], motsure dattara [conditional, past], もつれだろう [volitional], motsure darō [volitional], もつれに [adverbial], motsure ni [adverbial], もつれさ [noun-from-adj], motsuresa [noun-from-adj]
  1. tangled
    Sense id: en-もつれ-ja-adj-CvD3XV9E
  2. complicated
    Sense id: en-もつれ-ja-adj-aeGx966d

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞] Forms: motsure [romanization]
Etymology: The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”). Head templates: {{ja-noun}} もつれ • (motsure)
  1. tangle, entanglement
    Sense id: en-もつれ-ja-noun-jZ2COTmy
  2. complication, imbroglio
    Sense id: en-もつれ-ja-noun-aBxtVu3L Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 11 15 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 29 10 12 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 29 10 12 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 10 11 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 13 20 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 6 8 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: もつれあう (motsureau), 縺れ髪 (motsuregami) (ruby: (もつ), (がみ)) (english: tangled hair), 縺れ込む (motsurekomu) (ruby: (もつ), ()), 量子縺れ (ryōshi motsure) (ruby: 量子縺(りょうしもつ)) (english: quantum entanglement)

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motsure",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれな",
      "roman": "motsure na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれに",
      "roman": "motsure ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuresa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "もつれ • (motsure) -na (adnominal もつれな (motsure na), adverbial もつれに (motsure ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "もつれ",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tangled"
      ],
      "id": "en-もつれ-ja-adj-CvD3XV9E",
      "links": [
        [
          "tangled",
          "tangled"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "complicated"
      ],
      "id": "en-もつれ-ja-adj-aeGx966d",
      "links": [
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もつれ"
    },
    {
      "other": "もつれ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もつれ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "motsureau",
      "word": "もつれあう"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tangled hair",
      "roman": "motsuregami",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "縺",
          "もつ"
        ],
        [
          "髪",
          "がみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "縺れ髪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "motsurekomu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "縺",
          "もつ"
        ],
        [
          "込",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "縺れ込む"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "quantum entanglement",
      "roman": "ryōshi motsure",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "量子縺",
          "りょうしもつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "量子縺れ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motsure",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "もつれ • (motsure)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tangle, entanglement"
      ],
      "id": "en-もつれ-ja-noun-jZ2COTmy",
      "links": [
        [
          "tangle",
          "tangle"
        ],
        [
          "entanglement",
          "entanglement"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 11 15 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 10 12 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 10 12 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 10 11 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 13 20 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 6 8 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "complication, imbroglio"
      ],
      "id": "en-もつれ-ja-noun-aBxtVu3L",
      "links": [
        [
          "complication",
          "complication"
        ],
        [
          "imbroglio",
          "imbroglio"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もつれ"
    },
    {
      "other": "もつれ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もつれ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motsure",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれな",
      "roman": "motsure na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれに",
      "roman": "motsure ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuresa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "もつれ • (motsure) -na (adnominal もつれな (motsure na), adverbial もつれに (motsure ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "もつれ",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tangled"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tangled",
          "tangled"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "complicated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もつれ"
    },
    {
      "other": "もつれ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もつれ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "motsureau",
      "word": "もつれあう"
    },
    {
      "english": "tangled hair",
      "roman": "motsuregami",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "縺",
          "もつ"
        ],
        [
          "髪",
          "がみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "縺れ髪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "motsurekomu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "縺",
          "もつ"
        ],
        [
          "込",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "縺れ込む"
    },
    {
      "english": "quantum entanglement",
      "roman": "ryōshi motsure",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "量子縺",
          "りょうしもつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "量子縺れ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motsure",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "もつれ • (motsure)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tangle, entanglement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tangle",
          "tangle"
        ],
        [
          "entanglement",
          "entanglement"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "complication, imbroglio"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "complication",
          "complication"
        ],
        [
          "imbroglio",
          "imbroglio"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もつれ"
    },
    {
      "other": "もつれ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もつれ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for もつれ meaning in All languages combined (7.7kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "もつれ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "もつれ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "もつれ",
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}

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