入り交じる・入り混じる・入りまじる|いりまじるirimajiru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
入り混じるUse 入り混じる as the usual written form when you need this expression; it is the most common of the three forms and the recommended choice for beginners.
入り交じる入り交じる is a less common written variant of 入り混じる. You may encounter it as another way of writing the same expression.
入りまじる入りまじる is less common than 入り混じる and 入り交じる. It is another written variant of the same expression.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingledesp. 入り交じる for people
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 入り交じる（いりまじる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 入り交じります（いりまじります） |
| Negative (nai) | 入り交じらない（いりまじらない） |
| polite (masen) | 入り交じりません（いりまじりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 入り交じらず・入り交じらぬ（いりまじらず・いりまじらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 入り交じった（いりまじった） |
| polite (mashita) | 入り交じりました（いりまじりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 入り交じらなかった（いりまじらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 入り交じりませんでした（いりまじりませんでした） |
| Te form | 入り交じって（いりまじって） |
| Potential | 入り交じれる（いりまじれる） |
| Passive | 入り交じられる（いりまじられる） |
| Causative | 入り交じらせる（いりまじらせる） |
| Causative passive | 入り交じらせられる・入り交じらされる（いりまじらせられる・いりまじらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 入り交じれば（いりまじれば） |
| tara | 入り交じったら（いりまじったら） |
| Volitional | 入り交じろう（いりまじろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 入り交じりましょう（いりまじりましょう） |
| Imperative | 入り交じれ（いりまじれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym混ざるまざるNeutralThe most common colloquial choice: something gets mixed in with the rest. Unlike 入り混じる, it does not particularly stress several things coexisting.
- Synonym混合こんごうNeutralSino-Japanese word for mixing, as in 「男女混合」; leans toward written prose and covers both mixing things and being mixed together.
- Synonym混じるまじるWrittenWritten on-yomi form meaning to be mixed in; rare in actual use — in everyday speech one says 「混じる（まじる）」.
- Synonym混じり合うまじりあうNeutralSuggests things blending into each other, stressing mutual fusion; 入り混じる stresses many different things mingled together in one place.
- Synonym混ざり合うまざりあうNeutralThings mix together until they can no longer be told apart, stressing how they become one; 入り混じる stresses many things intermingled in one place.
- Related混ぜるまぜるNeutralTransitive: you deliberately stir or mix something in. 入り混じる is intransitive and describes the state of things being mixed together.
- Related混ぜ合わすまぜあわすNeutralTransitive, with the same meaning as 「混ぜ合わせる」 but less common. 入り混じる is intransitive and describes things being mixed together.
- RelatedブレンドNeutralLoanword for deliberately blending coffee, tea, whiskey and the like, stressing the mix proportions — unlike 入り混じる, which suggests natural mingling.
- RelatedミックスNeutralLoanword for mixing, also a pre-made mix; used mostly as a noun or suru verb. 入り混じる is a native intransitive verb.
- Related交えるまじえるNeutralTransitive: to work something in among other things, as in 「冗談を交えて話す」; also to exchange, as in 「砲火を交える」.
- Related取り混ぜるとりまぜるNeutralTransitive: to combine different things together, as in 「大小取り混ぜて」. 入り混じる is intransitive.
- Related混ぜ合わせるまぜあわせるNeutralTransitive: to blend several things together evenly, often in cooking. 入り混じる is intransitive.
- Antonym分かれるわかれるNeutralAntonym: to split, branch off or separate — the opposite of 入り混じる, where many different things are mixed together.
Use 「入り混じる」 when different things are mingled in one place, as in 「期待と不安が入り混じる」 or 「歓声と悲鳴が入り混じる」. In casual speech 「混ざる」 is the everyday word. For deliberate mixing turn to 「混ぜる」 and its compounds, or 「ブレンド」/「ミックス」 for blending coffee and the like. The antonym is 「分かれる」.
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