Labyrinth

Japanese: 迷宮 - めいきゅう

〘 noun 〙① (From the meaning of a building that is designed so that once inside, the passageways are so complicated that it is difficult to find the exit and one becomes lost) Used as a metaphor for a situation in which one is lost in search of a solution. ※Reading Basho in Matsushima (1892) by Kitamura Tokoku "Entering a labyrinth, knowing it is a labyrinth, is what a writer enjoys." ② In particular, when a criminal case is complicated and cannot be easily judged or solved. Also, the situation in which one is in this state. ※Musei Handaiki (1929) by Tokugawa Musei, Record of mourning for his husband "After that, did the case emerge from the labyrinth or retreat?"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (中にはいると通路が複雑で出口がわからなくなって迷うように造られた建物の意から) 解決などを求めて迷う状況の比喩に用いる。※松島に於て芭蕉翁を読む（1892）〈北村透谷〉「迷宮(メイキウ)と知って迷宮に入るは文士の楽しむところにして」② 特に、犯罪事件が複雑で容易に判断・解決などがつかないこと。また、その状況にあること。※夢声半代記（1929）〈徳川夢声〉オットコヨウを弔ふの記「其後事件は迷宮(メイキウ)から出たか引っ込んだか」

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