"もつれ" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞]
Etymology: The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{m|ja|縺れる||to get tangled; to become complicated|tr=motsureru}} 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 na), adverbial もつれに (motsure ni 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

IPA: [mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞] 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”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{m|ja|縺れる||to get tangled; to become complicated|tr=motsureru}} 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 wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 16 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 11 9 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 33 10 9 48
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

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    },
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      "form": "motsure desu",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "もつれではありません",
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      "form": "もつれじゃありません",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "negative"
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    },
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      "form": "motsure ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "もつれでした",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "もつれではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "roman": "motsureau",
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      "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 na), adverbial もつれに (motsure ni 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": "[mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もつれ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives"
  ],
  "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_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "連用形",
        "3": "",
        "4": "continuative or stem form",
        "tr": "ren'yōkei"
      },
      "expansion": "連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "縺れる",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to get tangled; to become complicated",
        "tr": "motsureru"
      },
      "expansion": "縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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": "[mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "もつれ"
}

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