もつれる
Frequency rank: 22,786. – 22,911.
- to get entangled; to get tangled; to tangleword usually written using kana alone
- to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip overword usually written using kana alonesee also 舌が縺れる
- to become complicatedword usually written using kana alone
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
Forms
- もつれるFrequency rank: 22,786. – 22,911.
- 縺れる【もつれる】Frequency rank: 38,257. – 38,767.
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6. かつて、いま今よりもはるかにぶんだん分断されていたこくみん国民にりんかあんリンカーンがかたった語ったように、わたしたち私たちはてき敵ではなくゆうじん友人なのです。かんじょう感情はもつれたかもしれないが、だからといっておたがいお互いをだいじ大事におもう思うしんみつ親密なきずな絆をたちきっては断ち切ってはなりません。
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.