込こみ入いる

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

complicated; intricate; elaborate

Describes a situation, story, or relationship that has become tangled, involved, or hard to unravel.

話はなしが込こみ入いってきたので、一いち度ど整せい理りしよう。
The story has gotten complicated, so let's sort it out once.

二人ふたりの関かん係けいはかなり込こみ入いっている。

Their relationship is quite complicated.

2

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

push in; crowd in

archaic

Archaic sense for physically pushing or crowding into a space; rarely used in modern Japanese.

古こ文ぶんでは「込こみ入いる」が「押おし入いる」の意いで使つかわれることがある。
In classical texts, 込み入る can be used to mean 'push in' or 'crowd in'.

Written forms

込こみ入いるUsage64%
Standard kanji spelling.
こみいるUsage36%
込こみ入いる
Variant spelling without okurigana み; less common.

Kanji

込crowded, mixture, in bulk
入enter, insert

Similar words

複ふく雑ざつ
複雑 is a na-adjective meaning 'complex' or 'complicated', often used for systems or structures, while 込み入る is a verb describing a situation that has become tangled or involved.
入いり組くむ
入り組む also means 'to be complicated' or 'to be intricate', but often emphasizes physical entanglement or a maze-like structure, whereas 込み入る is more commonly used for abstract situations.

Etymology

Compound of 込む (komu, 'to be crowded, go into') + 入る (iru, 'to enter'). The combination reinforces the idea of things entering and becoming tangled, leading to the modern sense of 'complicated'.