絡む
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(VT) to get entangled in (BOTH lit. and fig.) (he got mixed up in his father’s gambling debts) (get entangled in a conversation with a drunk and you can’t get away).
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絡まる
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(VI) something gets entangled (unlike 絡む、 絡まる is never used with crime).
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関わる
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(VI) to be involved with, to get caught up in (a crime but also good things like involved in research or involved in business) If you want to tell your son not to be involved with guys like Jimmy, use this one.
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携わる
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To be mixed up in something, to participate or be concerned with something.. (in the internet business/ a job with computers/ involved in a hijacking incident)
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巻付く
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Entangled, but only used literally (entangled in string).
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