絡からみ合あう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

intertwine; become entangled; get tangled together

Physical intertwining of thread, hair, vines, limbs, etc. Emphasizes mutual entanglement.

• 糸いとが絡からみ合あってほどけなくなった。

  The threads got tangled together and wouldn't come undone.

• 彼かれらの手て足あしが絡からみ合あって、まるで一ひとつの塊かたまりのようだった。

  Their limbs intertwined, looking almost like a single mass.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

become intertwined (matters, interests); become connected; become linked

Abstract use: interests, circumstances, relationships, or plots become complexly entangled or interconnected.

• 両りょう国こくの利り害がいが複ふく雑ざつに絡からみ合あっている。

  The interests of both countries are intricately intertwined.

• 事じ件けんの背はい景けいには様さま々ざまな事じ情じょうが絡からみ合あっていた。

  Various circumstances were entangled behind the incident.