泥沼

ドロ沼

Readings

Kana: どろぬま、ドロぬま、でいしょう

Romaji: doronuma, doronuma, deishō

Definitions

noun

1

bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass

2

quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

Kanji

泥

Readings: デイ、 ナイ、 デ、 ニ、 どろ

Meanings: mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to

沼

Readings: ショウ、 ぬま

Meanings: marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond

Example Sentence

私(わたし)たちは書類(しょるい)事務(じむ)の泥沼(どろぬま)に陥(おちい)っていた。

➥We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.