入り込む

はいりこむ
Alternative readings: いりこむ
Alternative writings: 入りこむ, 這入り込む
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1to go into; to get into or penetrate (to enter into a space or area)

Group 1 VerbIntransitive Verb

Examples

猫が段ボール箱の隙間に入り込んで動けなくなった。

The cat got into a gap in the cardboard box and couldn't move.

彼は人混みに入り込むのが苦手だ。

He's bad at mixing into crowds / doesn't like getting into crowded places.

雨水が靴の中に入り込んでしまった。

Rainwater got into my shoes.

2to become complicated; to have extra elements enter (making a situation or story more complex)

Group 1 VerbIntransitive Verb

Examples

交渉に個人的な感情が入り込んで話がややこしくなった。

Personal feelings entered the negotiations and made the discussion complicated.

問題に余計な条件が入り込んで解決が遅れている。

Unnecessary conditions got involved in the problem, delaying its solution.

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