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盤根錯節 (bankonsakusetsu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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て
い
て
、
解かい
決けつ
に
は
時じ
間かん
が
かかり
そう
だ
。
The case is so tangled and complex that it will likely take time to resolve.
Tackle the deeply entangled problems of politics.
Kanji 盤 tray, shallow bowl, platter 根 root, radical, head (pimple) 錯 confused, mix, be in disorder Related words 複ふく 雑ざつ 複雑 is a common word for 'complex', while 盤根錯節 is a literary yojijukugo emphasizing intractable entanglement.
難なん 解かい 難解 means 'hard to understand', focusing on intellectual difficulty, whereas 盤根錯節 implies a structural, tangled complexity.
Etymology A yojijukugo of Chinese origin, literally 'coiled roots and tangled joints', metaphorically describing a situation that is deeply entangled and difficult to unravel.
