迷路(めいろ)

めいろ
noun
maze, labyrinth
abstract
1. maze, labyrinth
A complex network of paths or passages designed to confuse or disorient.
遊園地(ゆうえんち)の迷路(めいろ)で迷(まよ)ってしまった。
I got lost in the maze at the amusement park.
子供(こども)たちが迷路(めいろ)で遊(あそ)んでいる。
The children are playing in the maze.
この地下街(ちかがい)はまるで迷路(めいろ)のようだ。
This underground shopping area is like a maze.
2. labyrinth (figurative), tangle
A confusing, complicated situation in which it is hard to find the way forward.
議論(ぎろん)が迷路(めいろ)に入(はい)り込(こ)んでしまった。
The discussion has wandered into a maze.
問題(もんだい)は迷路(めいろ)のように複雑(ふくざつ)だ。
The problem is as complicated as a maze.
法律(ほうりつ)の迷路(めいろ)から抜(ぬ)け出(だ)せない。
I can't escape from the labyrinth of legal issues.

迷路(めいろ) is a maze, and figuratively a tangle that is hard to find one's way out of. Composed of 迷(めい) (to be lost) + 路(ろ) (path).

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Watch out

  • An unsolved criminal case is 迷宮入(めいきゅうい)り, with 迷宮(めいきゅう), not 迷路(めいろ).

Related Words

Related: 袋小路(ふくろこうじ) (dead end, impasse)
Related: 迷(まよ)う (to get lost, to be confused)
Related: 行(い)き止(ど)まり (dead end)
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Added 2026.2.1 18:09 · Revised 2026.10.2 21:49
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