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ややこしい

ややこしい yayakoshii Play N1 I-adjective

Meanings and examples

物事の筋道や関係が複雑で、理解しにくいさま。 puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

Example 1

やっとややこしい迷路めいろの外そとに出でられた。

I finally found my way out of the confusing maze.

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Example 2

あの５人の関係は、ややこしい。

The relationships among those five people are complicated.

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