もつれる
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 縺れる |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) もつれる [mòtsúréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) もつれる [mòtsúrérú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
Verb
もつれる • (motsureru) intransitive ichidan (stem もつれ (motsure), past もつれた (motsureta))
- get tangled
- become complicated
Conjugation
Conjugation of "もつれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | もつれ | motsure | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | もつれ | motsure | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | もつれる | motsureru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | もつれる | motsureru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | もつれれ | motsurere | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | もつれよ¹ もつれろ² |
motsureyo¹ motsurero² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | もつれられる | motsurerareru | ||
| Causative | もつれさせる もつれさす |
motsuresaseru motsuresasu | ||
| Potential | もつれられる もつれれる³ |
motsurerareru motsurereru³ | ||
| Volitional | もつれよう | motsureyō | ||
| Negative | もつれない もつれぬ もつれん |
motsurenai motsurenu motsuren | ||
| Negative continuative | もつれず | motsurezu | ||
| Formal | もつれます | motsuremasu | ||
| Perfective | もつれた | motsureta | ||
| Conjunctive | もつれて | motsurete | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | もつれれば | motsurereba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Derived terms
- 差し縺れる (sashimotsureru)
- 舌が縺れる (shita ga motsureru)
- もつれ (motsure)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN