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混在 (こんざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
coexistence ; mixture ; intermingling
Describes different things existing together in the same place or state, often with a nuance of disorder or lack of separation. Used both as a noun and as a する-verb.
書しょ 類るい に 手て 書が き と 印いん 刷さつ が 混こん 在ざい し て い て 読よ み にくい 。
The document is hard to read because handwritten and printed parts are mixed together.
Kanji 在 exist, outskirts, suburbs Similar words 混こん 合ごう 混合 implies intentional mixing or blending, often of substances, while 混在 focuses on the state of different things existing together, sometimes unintentionally or in a disorganized way.
混こん 同どう 混同 means confusing one thing with another, whereas 混在 simply means they exist together without implying confusion.
Etymology Compound of 混 (kon, 'mix') and 在 (zai, 'exist'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for abstract states.
