🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

絡まり

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: karamari

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tangle/ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"コードが絡まってしまいました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A confused or twisted mass of things such as hair, thread, or wires that are difficult to untie or separate.

    "She ran a brush gently through the tangle of her wet hair."
As verb
  1. 1

    To twist together into a confused mass, or to become involved in a complicated situation.

    "The fishing line began to tangle around the reeds in the water."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English and Scandinavian roots related to seaweed or entanglement, evolving from Old Norse 'töngul' meaning kelp or seaweed, and later shifting to describe any twisted, confused mass or situation.

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