交こう錯さく

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交錯する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	交こう錯さくする	交こう錯さくしない
Polite	交こう錯さくします	交こう錯さくしません
Past polite	交こう錯さくしました	交こう錯さくしませんでした
Past	交こう錯さくした	交こう錯さくしなかった
Te-form	交こう錯さくして	交こう錯さくしないで
Desire	交こう錯さくしたい	交こう錯さくしたくない
Potential	交こう錯さくできる	交こう錯さくできない
Passive	交こう錯さくされる	交こう錯さくされない
Causative	交こう錯さくさせる	交こう錯さくさせない
Causative passive	交こう錯さくさせられる	交こう錯さくさせられない
Volitional	交こう錯さくしよう
Polite volitional	交こう錯さくしましょう
Imperative	交こう錯さくしろ	交こう錯さくするな
Conditional	交こう錯さくすれば	交こう錯さくしなければ
Tara conditional	交こう錯さくしたら	交こう錯さくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

intertwine; interlace; cross; mix together

Describes things such as lines, paths, feelings, or ideas that cross, intertwine, or become mixed in a complex way. Often used in abstract contexts like emotions or opinions, as well as physical crossing.

喜よろこびと悲かなしみが交こう錯さくする複ふく雑ざつな気き持もちだ。
It's a complex feeling where joy and sorrow intertwine.
多おおくの路ろ線せんが交こう錯さくするターミナル駅えき。
A terminal station where many lines intersect.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉と〈事こと〉が交こう錯さくするfor two feelings, ideas, or events to intertwine or cross
彼かれの心こころの中なかで期き待たいと不ふ安あんが交こう錯さくしていた。
Hope and anxiety were intertwined in his heart.
〈場ば所しょ〉で〈物もの〉が交こう錯さくするfor lines, paths, or objects to cross at a place
その舞ぶ台たいでは光ひかりと影かげが交こう錯さくしていた。
On that stage, light and shadow crossed and intermingled.
賛否さんぴが交錯こうさくするfor opinions for and against something to be mixed together
新あたらしい政せい策さくについては賛さん否ぴが交こう錯さくしている。
Opinions for and against the new policy are mixed and conflicting.

Kanji

交mingle, mixing, association
錯confused, mix, be in disorder

Related words

交こう差さN2
交差 focuses on physical crossing (roads, lines), while 交錯 implies a more complex, often abstract intertwining or mixing.
錯さく綜そう
錯綜 is similar but often emphasizes confusion or entanglement, whereas 交錯 can be more neutral about the mixing.
混こん在ざい
混在 describes different things simply coexisting in a mixed state, while 交錯 emphasizes their paths or trajectories actually crossing or intertwining.
重かさなり合あうN1
交錯する is a more literary word for things crisscrossing or intermingling, whereas 重なり合う focuses on layering or coinciding rather than crossing paths.

Opposites

分ぶん離りN1
分離 means separating or splitting apart, the direct opposite of 交錯's sense of things crossing and intertwining together.

Don't confuse with

交こう差さN2
交差 usually refers to two lines or paths simply crossing at one point, while 交錯 suggests multiple things crisscrossing or intermingling in a tangled, complex way.

Etymology

Compound of 交 (interchange, mix) and 錯 (confuse, mix). The combination conveys a sense of things crossing and becoming intertwined.