もつれ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
縺れ

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 縺れる (motsureru, “to get tangled; to become complicated”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

もつれ • (motsure) -na (adnominal もつれな (motsure na na), adverbial もつれに (motsure ni ni))

  1. tangled
  2. complicated

Inflection
Inflection of もつれ
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) もつれだろ motsure daro
Continuative (連用形) もつれで motsure de
Terminal (終止形) もつれだ motsure da
Attributive (連体形) もつれな motsure na
Hypothetical (仮定形) もつれなら motsure nara
Imperative (命令形) もつれであれ motsure de are
Key constructions
Informal negative もつれではない
もつれじゃない		 motsure de wa nai
motsure ja nai
Informal past もつれだった motsure datta
Informal negative past もつれではなかった
もつれじゃなかった		 motsure de wa nakatta
motsure ja nakatta
Formal もつれです motsure desu
Formal negative もつれではありません
もつれじゃありません		 motsure de wa arimasen
motsure ja arimasen
Formal past もつれでした motsure deshita
Formal negative past もつれではありませんでした
もつれじゃありませんでした		 motsure de wa arimasen deshita
motsure ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive もつれで motsure de
Conditional もつれなら（ば） motsure nara (ba)
Provisional もつれだったら motsure dattara
Volitional もつれだろう motsure darō
Adverbial もつれに motsure ni
Degree もつれさ motsuresa

Noun

もつれ • (motsure) 

  1. tangle, entanglement
  2. complication, imbroglio

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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