拗れる

• 読み: こじれる
• ローマ字: kojireru
• 漢字の分解: 拗 (ō/koji) — to be contrary, to twist
• 発音: /ko.dʑi.ɾe.ɾɯ/

意味

To become complicated; to get entangled; to worsen; to go badly awry. Describes a situation or relationship deteriorating into a more intractable state.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb describing the process of something simple becoming twisted or contentious. Common collocations: 話がこじれる (negotiations break down), 病気をこじらせる (to let an illness worsen by neglect), 関係がこじれる (a relationship becomes strained). The causative form こじらせる describes actively making something worse, and has become a buzzword in social commentary (こじらせた人 = a person with emotional baggage).

例文

1. 最初は小さな誤解だったが、話がこじれて訴訟にまで発展した。
2. 風邪を拗らせると肺炎になることもあるので注意が必要だ。
3. 二人の関係は一度こじれると、修復するのが難しい。

使い方ガイド

場面: negotiations, relationships, health, conflict

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Related to 拗ねる (hoshineru, to sulk or be perverse). The kanji 拗 carries the sense of something twisted or contrary. 拗れる describes the process of becoming progressively more twisted or complicated.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal