泥沼

どろぬま

quagmire

Also:quandary

What does 泥沼 mean?

泥沼 is a Japanese noun meaning quagmire in English. It can also be translated as quandary depending on context. It is written as 泥沼 in kanji, どろぬま in hiragana, and doronuma in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

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.