ない交まぜにする

Meanings

1

expression, suru verb (irregular)

Used for combining different elements into one, often abstract things like fact and fiction, or literal threads. The image is of intertwining strands.

この小しょう説せつは事じ実じつと虚きょ構こうをない交まぜにしている。
This novel blends fact and fiction.

彼かれ

は

冗じょう

談だん

と

本ほん

音ね

を

ない

交ま

ぜ

に

し

て

話はな

す

。

He speaks mixing jokes and his true feelings.

Written forms

ない交まぜにする
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the verb part する is written in kana.
綯ない交まぜにする
Full kanji spelling using 綯う (to twine); rarely used in modern writing.

Kanji

交mingle, mixing, association
綯twist, make rope

Similar words

混まぜる
混ぜる is the general verb for mixing physical substances or adding ingredients. ない交ぜにする implies a more intricate intertwining, often of abstract elements or threads.
綯なう
綯う means to twine or twist threads together. ない交ぜにする derives from this, but is now used more broadly for blending disparate things.

Etymology

From 綯い交ぜ (naimaze, 'intertwining') + する. The root 綯う (nau) means to twine threads. The expression originally referred to weaving different threads together and extended to blending abstract elements.