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拗れる

こじれる

to get complicated; to become tangled; to take a turn for the worse

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Examples

  1. 話が拗れて、解決に時間がかかった。

    はなしがこじれて、かいけつにじかんがかかった。

    The matter got complicated, and took a long time to settle.

  2. 二人の関係が拗れてしまった。

    ふたりのかんけいがこじれてしまった。

    Things between the two of them have soured.

  3. 交渉が拗れれば、契約は白紙に戻るだろう。

    こうしょうがこじれれば、けいやくははくしにもどるだろう。

    If the negotiations go sour, the contract will be back to square one.

Common patterns

話が拗れる
a matter gets complicated
関係が拗れる
a relationship sours
交渉が拗れる
negotiations become tangled

Memory tip

Intransitive: a negotiation, a relationship or an illness gets tangled and worse by itself. The transitive partner is 拗らせる (風邪を拗らせる, to let a cold drag on). Usually written こじれる.

Kanji in this word

  • 拗Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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