Illustration: In a shared apartment kitchen, a small spill beside a borrowed saucepan has developed into a tense dispute. One roommate holds out a cleaning cloth and an open hand, but the saucepan's owner folds her arms and turns away.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

こじれる

kojireru

to get complicated, to turn sour

Example sentences

  1. 人間関係にんげんかんけいがこじれてしまうことはありませんか。

    Have you ever had a relationship turn sour?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  2. 一時的いちじてきにせよ夫婦仲ふうふなかがこじれたことがあったことは事実じじつであるといえよう。

    It seems fair to say that their marriage did turn sour, if only temporarily.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 人情家にんじょうかで下したのものの面倒見めんどうみは良よかった反面はんめん、小事しょうじに拘泥こうでいしない性格せいかくは周囲しゅういとの関係かんけいをこじれさせることも多おおく、理解者りかいしゃに恵めぐまれない土俵人生どひょうじんせいだったと評ひょうされる。

    Although he was compassionate and looked after those under him, his tendency not to worry about minor matters often strained his relationships with people around him, and he is said to have had few people who understood him during his sumo career.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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