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
| 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