くんずほぐれつ

expression, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

locked in a grapple; grappling fiercely; struggling together

Describes two or more people physically wrestling or locked in a close struggle, often with the nuance of a chaotic, back-and-forth tussle. Used as a set phrase, typically with の or in adverbial form くんずほぐれつして.

• 二人ふたりはくんずほぐれつの大だい乱らん闘とうを繰くり広ひろげた。

  The two of them got into a fierce, grappling brawl.

• 酔よっ払ぱらいたちがくんずほぐれつしながら路ろ上じょうで騒さわいでいた。

  The drunkards were making a racket on the street, wrestling and tumbling around.