noun
Refers to a mixture or blend of various elements, often used figuratively for combining different things such as genres, styles, or ingredients. The literal sense of weaving threads together is covered in sense 2.
この小説はSFとファンタジーをない交ぜにしたような作品だ。
This novel is a work that seems to blend sci-fi and fantasy.
彼の話は事実と嘘をない交ぜにしている。
His story is a mixture of fact and fiction.
noun
making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
The original, literal meaning: the craft of twisting together threads of different colors to make a decorative cord. This sense is less common in everyday language but appears in traditional craft contexts.
綯い交ぜは、色とりどりの糸をより合わせて紐を作る技法です。
Naimaze is a technique of twisting together colorful threads to make a cord.
Combination of 綯い and 混ぜ; less common.
Variant with 混ぜ (mixing), interchangeable with 交ぜ in many contexts.
Derived from the verb 綯う (なう, 'to twist threads together') + 交ぜ (まぜ, 'mixing'). Originally referred to the craft of making cords by intertwining threads of different colors, and later extended to mean any kind of mixture or blend.