もつれ込む【もつれこむ】
Frequency rank: 49,017. – 50,149.
- to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
Godan verb with 'mu' ending; intransitive verb
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- to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting)
- to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
This meaning refers to situations where discussions or negotiations are unable to reach a conclusion and are therefore postponed or carried over to a future date.
The discussion could not reach a conclusion and was carried over to the next meeting.
This meaning is used in the context of sports or competitions where teams are so evenly matched that the game extends into a shootout to determine the winner.
Generated collocations (experimental)
もつれこむもつれ込むしあい試合deadlocked matchもつれこむもつれ込むじょうきょう状況deadlocked situationもつれこむもつれ込むろんそう論争prolonged debateつぎ次のかいぎ会議にもちこす持ち越すきごう(もつれこむもつれ込むきごう)to carry over to the next meetingもつれこむもつれ込むもんだい問題complicated issueもつれこんだもつれ込んだふんそう紛争protracted conflictもつれこむもつれ込むきょうぎ競技tied competitionしあい試合がもつれこむもつれ込むthe match goes into overtimeもつれこむもつれ込むあんけん案件ongoing caseもつれこむもつれ込むたたかい戦いdrawn-out battle
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