まきぞえ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
巻き添え 巻添え

Etymology

From 巻(ま)き (maki) + 添(そ)え (soe). The soe changes to zoe as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まきぞえ [màkízóé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠kʲizo̞e̞]

Noun

まきぞえ • (makizoe) ^{←まきぞへ (makizofe)?}

1. getting involved in, getting mixed up in (by accident, with negative consequences)