Receiving involvement with 〜れる

Grammar Explanation: Receptive verbs with 〜れる

If Chino defeats Chiya at chess, her prize for winning is for Cocoa to call her big sister. Cocoa, in the distance, overhears the bet.

ココア:: 「なんで巻(ま)き込(こ)まれてるの!?」; “Why am I getting dragged into this!?”; Literal: “Why am I receiving being dragged in!?”

Key Points

1巻(ま)き込(こ)まれてる means being dragged into a situation

Cocoa receives the effect of a bet made by other people, even though she did not agree to take part.

2巻(ま)き込(こ)む becomes 巻(ま)き込(こ)まれる

The godan verb uses 巻(ま)き込(こ)ま plus れる. 巻(ま)き込(こ)まれてる contracts the continuing form 巻(ま)き込(こ)まれている.

3なんで〜の asks for an explanation

Cocoa omits “I” and “this bet” because both are clear from the scene. The final の gives her protest an explanatory question tone.