get entangled

(string) + (each) Same-ON
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12 strokes

Onyomi

RAKU

Each ROCK and roller who got entangled with Courtney Love, wound up committing suicide.

Mnemonic

Each string gets entangled with the other string.

Kunyomi

( ) から*む to get entangled in (a problem, a crime)
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( ) から*まる something gets entangled (unlike からむ、 からまる tends to be used only literally)
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Jukugo

連絡(れんらく) する

inform ★★★★★
(take with / inform of) + (get entangled) = 連絡 (inform)

to inform, to let someone know. Like, "Let me know if you're coming. Call me when you get there," kind of thing.

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
get entangled STRING
character, aspect TREE
abbreviation RICEFIELD

You get entangled in STRING,
The Ents are TREEs, who were characters in Lord of the Rings.
And. . . .um . . .and you abbreviate a RICEFIELD when you harvest the rice.

Synonyms

connected or entangled
を絡む    に絡まる    に関わる    携わる    巻き付く