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    3. 絡まる

    絡まる

    絡からま​る​

    to be entwined

    KMT9News #31+1Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab16 strokes

    からまる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be entwined, to be involved

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    糸いとが絡からまってほどけない。

    The thread is tangled and won't untangle.

    KMT7Daily Life
    彼かれの足あしに蔓つるが絡からまって転ころんでしまった。

    A vine got tangled around his leg and he fell.

    KMT9Daily LifeNature & Environment
    コードが絡からまらないように、きちんと整おせ理いりしておこう。

    Let's organize the cords properly so they don't get tangled.

    KMT9Daily LifeHome & Housing
    彼かの女じょの髪かみは風かぜで絡からまってしまい、櫛くしが通とおらなかった。

    Her hair got tangled in the wind, and the comb wouldn't go through.

    KMT9Daily LifeFashion & Beauty
    この問もん題だいは多おおくの利り害がい関かん係けい者しゃの思おも惑わくが複ふく雑ざつに絡からまっている。

    This issue is complicated by the intertwining intentions of many stakeholders.

    KMT10Daily LifeBusiness & FinancePolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    絡
    から.む・から.まる…(1)
    entwine・coil around・get caught in
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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