I am uncertain about the meaning of 折れ込んだ in this sentence:
大通りから二丁も深く折れ込んだ小路は存外静かであった。
I looked up what it means and I found this definition: ① 内側に折れ曲がる。「奥へ―・んだ路地」 but I still don't understand the concept. What does 折れ込んだ小路 look like?
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This is from Soseki's Kokoro, a novel written in 1914. People generally don't use 折れ込む like this today, but I think it means the same thing as 入り組む and 折れ曲がる. Something like "2 cho (≈ 218 m) far from the main avenue" is usually sufficient, but 折れ込む also implies that the route was complex and there were several turns until his destination.
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1この「丁」って長さの単位（「町」の略字）ではないかと思ったんですがどうですかね？ 1丁=約109m だそうです。ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/…– chocolate ♦Commented Aug 15 at 2:38
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Thank you. I don't get what you mean by "deep from." How 深く is understood? Is it an adverb for 折れ込んだ? Perhaps it's synonymous with 遠い? If so, shouldn't it be 大通りから二丁も深い折れ込んだ小路 instead?– weeab00Commented Aug 15 at 4:51
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1@weeab00 Thanks, then let's just use "far". I feel 深い tends to be paired with 折れ込む than with 小路. Likewise, 深い道路 sounds puzzling and 深い迷路 sounds slightly awkward to me, but 深く入り組んだ道路/迷路 sounds perfectly natural.– narutoCommented Aug 15 at 5:36
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1@weeab00 深く入り組んだ is "heavily/highly intertwined", not "in some deep area". English speakers use "heavy", and Japanese speakers use "deep".– narutoCommented Aug 15 at 22:48