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巻き添え (まきぞえ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Meanings 1
noun
getting caught up in ; being dragged into ; involvement
Refers to becoming involved in trouble, conflict, or an incident against one's will, often as collateral damage. Frequently used in the phrase 巻き添えを食う (to suffer collateral damage).
See also: 巻き添えを食う
戦せん 争そう で は 多おお く の 民みん 間かん 人じん が 巻ま き 添ぞ え に なる 。
In war, many civilians become collateral damage.
Written forms 巻ま き 添ぞ え Usage 89%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and general use.
まきぞえ Usage 8%
巻まき 添ぞ え Usage 4%
Variant spelling without okurigana き; less common but still encountered.
Kanji 添 annexed, accompany, marry Similar words 巻ま き 込こ む 巻き込む is a transitive verb meaning 'to involve someone in something,' often with intent or active entanglement. 巻き添え is a noun focusing on the state of being unwillingly caught up, especially as a secondary victim.
Etymology Compound of 巻き (maki, 'rolling up') + 添え (zoe, 'accompanying'). The image is of being rolled up together with something else, hence becoming inadvertently involved.
