Quagmire, Bog, Morass
noun
A muddy bog is a way of describing a quagmire. It’s a bog with almost no water left, having become all muddy and sticky. Gross (and dangerous)! This word is typically used figuratively to describe a situation where a conflict becomes messy and difficult to resolve, or a problem from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.
どろぬま
The readings are the vocab readings of the two words, 泥 and 沼.
この訴訟は泥沼化しています。
This lawsuit has turned into a quagmire.
友人の離婚の泥沼の争いに巻き込まれてしまった。
I got caught up in a messy dispute linked to my friend's divorce.
コスタリカの泥沼で、忍者トカゲとしても知られているバシリスクを見ました。
I saw some green basilisk lizards, known as Jesus lizards, in a marsh in Costa Rica.