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► 動詞
縺れる  [(3)もつれる]    meaning:  complicated  rank: 2
☆ 試合はもつれにもつれた ⇨ The game kept hanging in the balance with numerous lead changes
☆ 離婚がもつれた ⇨ The divorce negotiation has gotten complicated

縺れる  [(3)もつれる]    meaning:  tangle  rank: 2
☆ がもつれた ⇨ My hair got tangled up
☆ がもつれた ⇨ My tongue got tied (and I wasn’t able to speak clearly)  (☛ Not always from shyness as in “tongue-tied” in English)