もつれあう

Japanese

Alternative spellings
縺れ合う
もつれ合う

Etymology

From (もつ) (motsure, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (もつ)れる (motsureru)) + () (-au, together).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つれあ [mòtsúréáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞a̠ɯ̟]

Verb

もつれあう • (motsureauもつれあふ (motureafu)?godan (stem もつれあい (motsureai), past もつれあった (motsureatta))

  1. to become tangled together

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN