Translation guide
The concept of blending, mixing, or combining things smoothly. This guide covers physical mixing, blending in cooking, blending colors/sounds, and blending in (socially).
To physically combine two or more substances into a uniform mixture.
General verb for mixing things together. Transitive.
小麦粉と砂糖を混ぜる。
Mix flour and sugar.
Intransitive: to be mixed, to blend together.
油と水は混ざらない。
Oil and water don't blend.
Loanword from English 'blend', often used for coffee, tea, or intentional mixtures.
コーヒー豆をブレンドする。
Blend coffee beans.
To mix food or drinks using an electric blender until smooth.
Literally 'put through a mixer'. The standard way to say 'blend in a blender'.
材料をミキサーにかけてスムージーを作る。
Blend the ingredients in a blender to make a smoothie.
Technical term for agitating or blending, used in science or formal recipes.
溶液を撹拌する。
Blend the solution.
To combine elements so they merge smoothly into a unified whole.
To harmonize, to be in harmony. Used for colors, sounds, or abstract blending.
その色はよく調和している。
Those colors blend well together.
To melt into, to blend in seamlessly. Often used for visual or atmospheric blending.
背景に溶け込むデザイン。
A design that blends into the background.
To fuse, to blend together into one. Stronger than simple mixing.
伝統と現代が融合した音楽。
Music that blends tradition and modernity.
To behave or appear in a way that makes you part of a group or environment without standing out.
To blend in, to fit in. Used for social situations.
新しい学校にすぐに溶け込んだ。
He quickly blended in at the new school.
To become familiar, to fit in comfortably. Often used for people or things becoming part of an environment.
To go along with others, to conform. Implies adjusting oneself to blend in.
彼女は周りに合わせて服を選んだ。
She chose her clothes to blend in with everyone else.
He has completely blended in at work.