もつれ込む
もつれこむ
verb-godan
to drag on into; to carry over into (overtime, etc.)
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | もつれ込む | もつれ込まない |
| Present polite | もつれ込みます | もつれ込みません |
| Past | もつれ込んだ | もつれ込まなかった |
| Past polite | もつれ込みました | もつれ込みませんでした |
| て form | もつれ込んで | もつれ込まなくて |
| ている present | もつれ込んでいる | もつれ込んでいない |
| ている polite | もつれ込んでいます | もつれ込んでいません |
| ている past | もつれ込んでいた | もつれ込んでいなかった |
| ている past polite | もつれ込んでいました | もつれ込んでいませんでした |
| Conditional ば | もつれ込めば | もつれ込まなければ |
| Conditional たら | もつれ込んだら | もつれ込まなかったら |
| Volitional | もつれ込もう | — |
| Volitional polite | もつれ込みましょう | — |
| Potential | もつれ込める | もつれ込めない |
| Passive | もつれ込まれる | もつれ込まれない |
| Causative | もつれ込ませる | もつれ込ませない |
| Imperative | もつれ込め | もつれ込むな |
1.
to drag on into; to end up extending into (overtime, a later stage)
For a contest, negotiation, or dispute to fail to be settled and spill over into an additional stage such as extra time, a playoff, or a further round. Combines もつれる (to become tangled/deadlocked) with 込む (to move into).
試合が延長にもつれ込む。
The game drags on into extra time.
交渉は最終日までもつれ込んだ。
The negotiations dragged on all the way to the final day.
両者譲らず、勝負はサドンデスにもつれ込んだ。
Neither side would give way, and the contest went into sudden death.
An intransitive verb. The thing that drags on takes に to mark what it extends into (extra innings, a playoff, a final day, etc.).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 延長にもつれ込む: to go into overtime/extra innings
- 最終戦にもつれ込む: to come down to the final match
- 混戦にもつれ込む: to develop into a close, tangled contest
USAGE:
Most often used of sports, elections, and negotiations that stay unresolved and spill into an extra stage. Implies the outcome was hard-fought and undecided.