団だん子ご状じょう態たい

noun

bunched up; crowded together; clumped

Describes people or things packed tightly together like dumplings on a skewer. Often used for crowded trains, clumped objects, or tangled hair.

• 朝あさの電でん車しゃはいつも団だん子ご状じょう態たいだ。

  The morning train is always packed like sardines.

• 髪かみの毛けが団だん子ご状じょう態たいで、ブラシが通とおらない。

  My hair is all tangled up and the brush won't go through.