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.