交わる|まじわるmajiwaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto cross; to intersect; to join; to meet
   これらの線せんは直角ちょっかくに交まじわる。↗

   These lines meet at right angles.
2. godan verb, intransitive verbto associate with; to mingle with; to consort with
3. godan verb, intransitive verbto have a sexual relationship; to copulate

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• Related合わさるあわさるNeutralIntransitive: two things fitting closely together. It leans toward snug joining, while 「交わる」 leans toward lines crossing or associating with people.
• Related結合けつごうWrittenWritten/formal prose for combining or uniting, as in 「原子の結合」; leans toward chemical and structural bonding rather than crossing or mingling.
• Related連結れんけつWrittenWritten term for linking things up, such as train cars; leans toward mechanical connection, whereas 「交わる」 is about crossing.
• Related合流ごうりゅうNeutralFor rivers or crowds flowing together into one; leans toward merging into a single stream, unlike the crossing of 「交わる」.
• Related接合せつごうWrittenWritten term for joining parts or components; leans toward physical connection rather than crossing or mingling.
• Related合するがっするWrittenWritten and rare in modern usage; means two things merging into one. In everyday speech, say 「合わさる」 or 「合流する」.
• Antonym離れるはなれるNeutralTo leave or move apart; the opposite of 「交わる」 in its sense of meeting and associating with people.
• Antonym分かれるわかれるNeutralTo split or branch apart, as in 「道が分かれる」; the opposite of 「交わる」 in its sense of crossing and coming together.

Use 「交わる」 for lines or roads crossing and for mixing with people, as in 「二本の線が交わる」 and 「朱に交われば赤くなる」. For merging into one flow say 「合流」, for fitting together 「合わさる」; opposites are 「分かれる」 and 「離れる」.

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1. 交差こうさする。
2. 付き合つきあう。交際こうさいする。
3. 性交せいこうする。
4. 線せんや面めんが、接点せってんでないある点てんを共有きょうゆうする。
5. 複数ふくすうの集合しゅうごうが共通きょうつうの要素ようそを持もつ。