もつれ合あう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

get entangled with each other

Describes two or more things becoming physically tangled or intertwined, often with a nuance of disorder.

• 釣つり糸いとがもつれ合あって、ほどくのに時じ間かんがかかった。

  The fishing lines got entangled with each other, and it took time to untangle them.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

get muddled together

Used for abstract things such as ideas, plans, or situations becoming confused or mixed up with each other.

• 議ぎ論ろんがもつれ合あって、何なにが問もん題だいなのか分わからなくなった。

  The arguments got muddled together, and we lost sight of what the issue was.