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

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  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
Conjugation
Dictionary form交わる(まじわる)
Polite (masu)交わります(まじわります)
Negative (nai)交わらない(まじわらない)
polite (masen)交わりません(まじわりません)
classical zu / nu交わらず・交わらぬ(まじわらず・まじわらぬ)
Past (ta)交わった(まじわった)
polite (mashita)交わりました(まじわりました)
Past negative (nakatta)交わらなかった(まじわらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)交わりませんでした(まじわりませんでした)
Te form交わって(まじわって)
Potential交われる(まじわれる)
Passive交わられる(まじわられる)
Causative交わらせる(まじわらせる)
Causative passive交わらせられる・交わらされる(まじわらせられる・まじわらされる)
Conditional (ba)交われば(まじわれば)
tara交わったら(まじわったら)
Volitional交わろう(まじわろう)
polite (mashou)交わりましょう(まじわりましょう)
Imperative交われ(まじわれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive交わるまじわる⇄transitive交えるまじえる
道みちが交まじわる
交わる focuses on the event or resulting state, as in 道が交わる; 交える foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 言葉を交える.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  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。
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