拗らせる
- Word
- 拗らせる
- Reading
- こじらせる
- Level
- N1
- Part of speech
- verb
- Meaning
- to complicate, to aggravate
- Example
風邪を拗らせてしまい、数日間寝込んでしまった。 I let my cold get worse and was bedridden for several days.
- Confused with
悪化する (to worsen) - 悪化する is intransitive (to worsen), while 拗らせる is transitive (to make a situation or illness worse by mishandling).