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混じる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	混まじる	混まじらない
Polite	混まじります	混まじりません
Past polite	混まじりました	混まじりませんでした
Past	混まじった	混まじらなかった
Te-form	混まじって	混まじらないで
Desire	混まじりたい	混まじりたくない
Potential	混まじれる	混まじれない
Passive	混まじられる	混まじられない
Causative	混まじらせる	混まじらせない
Causative passive	混まじらせられるalso 混まじらされる	混まじらせられないalso 混まじらされない
Volitional	混まじろう
Polite volitional	混まじりましょう
Imperative	混まじれ	混まじるな
Conditional	混まじれば	混まじらなければ
Tara conditional	混まじったら	混まじらなかったら

Pairs with混ぜる

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be mixed; be blended; be combined

Describes things being mixed together, often with a sense of something being included among other things. Usually written 混じる.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に〈物もの〉が混まじるfor one thing to be mixed in among another
白はく髪はつに黒くろい毛けが混まじっている。
There are some black hairs mixed in with the white ones.
〈物もの〉に雑ざつ音おんが混まじるfor noise or static to get mixed into a sound
電でん話わの音おん声せいに雑ざつ音おんが混まじっている。
There's static mixed into the phone call audio.
〈人ひと〉に混まじって〈動どう詞し〉to do something while mingling in among a group of people
子こ供どもたちに混まじって遊あそんだ。
I played while mixing in among the children.

Expressions

雪ゆき混まじりmixed with snow

Kanji

混mix, blend, confuse
交mingle, mixing, association
雑miscellaneous

Transitive / intransitive

混まぜるN3sense 1
混ぜる is the transitive verb meaning to mix something, while 混じる is intransitive, describing something being mixed.

Related words

混まざるN2sense 1
混ざる and 混じる both mean 'to be mixed,' but 混ざる tends to describe a more thorough, uniform blending while 混じる can leave the original components still distinguishable.
紛まぎれるN1sense 1
紛れる emphasizes something getting lost or hidden among other things, whereas 混じる simply describes things being mixed together without that sense of concealment.
交まじわるN1sense 2
交わる also means to associate or intersect but implies a more formal or mutual relationship, while 混じる is a more casual, physical mingling with a group.

Opposites

分わかれるN2sense 1
分かれる means to separate or divide, the opposite of 混じる's sense of things coming together and mixing.
離はなれるN3sense 2
離れる means to leave or distance oneself from a group, the opposite of 混じる's sense of joining or mingling with others.

Don't confuse with

交まじわるN1
交じる (read まじる) sounds and looks similar to 交わる but means 'to be mixed in among' rather than 'to intersect' or 'to associate with'.

Word family· 7

涙なみだ混まじり
in tears; tearfully; with tears
混まじり気け
mixture; impurity
混まじり物もの
mixture; impurity; adulteration
入いり交まじる
to be mixed together; to intermingle
混まじりっけ
mixture; impurities; adulteration

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混まじり合あう
mix together; intermingle; blend
雨あめ混まじりの雪ゆき
snow mixed with rain; rain and snow mixed

Written forms

混まじるUsage58%
Standard kanji for mixing, blending, or being mixed with other things. Preferred for sense 1.
まじるUsage28%
交まじるUsage9%
Used especially for people mingling, associating, or joining a group. Preferred for sense 2.
混まじるUsage5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not recommended for active use.
雑まじるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

From Old Japanese. The root maj- relates to mixing or blending, also seen in 混ぜる (mazeru) and 交わる (majiwaru). The kanji 混 suggests mixing substances, while 交 suggests crossing or mingling of people.