"もつれる" meaning in Japanese

See もつれる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|tr=intrans|type=2}} もつれる • (motsureru) intransitive ichidan (stem もつれ (motsure), past もつれた (motsureta)) Forms: motsureru [romanization], もつれ [stem], もつれた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], もつれ [error-unrecognized-form], motsure [error-unrecognized-form], もつれる [error-unrecognized-form], motsureru [error-unrecognized-form], もつれれ [error-unrecognized-form], motsurere [error-unrecognized-form], もつれよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], もつれろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], motsureyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], motsurero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], もつれられる [passive], motsurerareru [passive], もつれさせる [causative], もつれさす [causative], motsuresaseru [causative], motsuresasu [causative], もつれられる [potential], もつれれる [colloquial, potential], motsurerareru [potential], motsurereru [colloquial, potential], もつれよう [volitional], motsureyō [volitional], もつれない [negative], もつれぬ [negative], もつれん [negative], motsurenai [negative], motsurenu [negative], motsuren [negative], もつれず [continuative, negative], motsurezu [continuative, negative], もつれます [formal], motsuremasu [formal], もつれた [perfective], motsureta [perfective], もつれて [conjunctive], motsurete [conjunctive], もつれれば [conditional, hypothetical], motsurereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. get tangled
    Sense id: en-もつれる-ja-verb-hv5u80KR Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 82 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 82 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 83 17
  2. become complicated
    Sense id: en-もつれる-ja-verb-xSbW6ccv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 差し縺れる (sashimotsureru) (ruby: (), (もつ)), 舌が縺れる (shita ga motsureru) (ruby: (した), (もつ)), もつれ (motsure)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sashimotsureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "差",
          "さ"
        ],
        [
          "縺",
          "もつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "差し縺れる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shita ga motsureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "舌",
          "した"
        ],
        [
          "縺",
          "もつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "舌が縺れる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "motsure",
      "word": "もつれ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "motsureru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれ",
      "roman": "motsure",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれた",
      "roman": "motsureta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsureru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsureyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsureyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsureta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "もつれる • (motsureru) intransitive ichidan (stem もつれ (motsure), past もつれた (motsureta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "get tangled"
      ],
      "id": "en-もつれる-ja-verb-hv5u80KR",
      "links": [
        [
          "tangled",
          "tangled"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "become complicated"
      ],
      "id": "en-もつれる-ja-verb-xSbW6ccv",
      "links": [
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もつれる"
    },
    {
      "other": "もつれる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もつれる"
}
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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese type 2 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sashimotsureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "差",
          "さ"
        ],
        [
          "縺",
          "もつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "差し縺れる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shita ga motsureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "舌",
          "した"
        ],
        [
          "縺",
          "もつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "舌が縺れる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "motsure",
      "word": "もつれ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "motsureru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれ",
      "roman": "motsure",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれた",
      "roman": "motsureta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ja-ichi",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsureru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsureyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsureyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsuremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsureta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もつれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsurereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "もつれる • (motsureru) intransitive ichidan (stem もつれ (motsure), past もつれた (motsureta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "get tangled"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tangled",
          "tangled"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "become complicated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ]
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    {
      "other": "もつれる"
    },
    {
      "other": "もつれる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もつれる"
}

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