泥沼

nounどろぬま · doronuma

1. Englishbog; marsh; swamp; quagmire

   • 私たちは書類事務の泥沼に陥っていた。We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.

2. Englishquandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

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