混在|こんざいkonzai[0]heiban (flat)
This browser can't play pronunciations (needs Safari 18.4 or later, or Chrome / Edge / Firefox).
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbexisting alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 混在する(こんざいする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 混在します(こんざいします) |
| Negative (nai) | 混在しない(こんざいしない) |
| polite (masen) | 混在しません(こんざいしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 混在せず・混在せぬ(こんざいせず・こんざいせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 混在した(こんざいした) |
| polite (mashita) | 混在しました(こんざいしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 混在しなかった(こんざいしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 混在しませんでした(こんざいしませんでした) |
| Te form | 混在して(こんざいして) |
| Potential | 混在できる(こんざいできる) |
| Passive | 混在される(こんざいされる) |
| Causative | 混在させる(こんざいさせる) |
| Causative passive | 混在させられる(こんざいさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 混在すれば(こんざいすれば) |
| tara | 混在したら(こんざいしたら) |
| Volitional | 混在しよう(こんざいしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 混在しましょう(こんざいしましょう) |
| Imperative | 混在しろ(こんざいしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related混合こんごうNeutralMixing several things together, as in 「混合物」 or 「男女混合」. 「混在」 stresses that each thing keeps its own form while coexisting in one place.
- RelatedブレンドNeutralLoanword for deliberate blending, typically of coffee or whisky; stresses intentional blending.
- RelatedミックスNeutralColloquial loanword for mixing, as in 「ミックスジュース」.
- Related混成こんせいWrittenWritten/formal term for something made up of mixed members, as in 「混成チーム」.
- RelatedちゃんぽんNeutralColloquial word for mixing two kinds of things together or alternately; also names the Nagasaki noodle dish. 「混在」 is about different things coexisting in one place.
- Relatedない交ぜないまぜWrittenWritten/formal term for many things interwoven, as in 「虚実ない交ぜ」 or 「喜びと悲しみがない交ぜになる」. 「混在」 only says things exist side by side.
- Related混交こんこうWrittenWritten/formal term for heterogeneous things intermingling, as in 「玉石混交」 or 「混交林」. 「混在」 stresses coexistence in one place.
- Related混和こんわWrittenWritten/formal term for mixing and blending; rare in use — say 「混合」 instead in most cases.
- Related交雑こうざつWrittenWritten/formal term; in biology, crossbreeding between genetically different strains or varieties. Its use differs from 「混在」.
- Antonym分離ぶんりNeutralSeparating things apart; the opposite of 「混在」's different things being mixed together in one place.
- Antonym純粋じゅんすいNeutralPure and unmixed; the opposite of 「混在」's state of things being mixed together.
Use 「混在」 for different things coexisting in one place, as in 「新旧が混在する」. For mixing things together say 「混合」; for deliberate blending 「ブレンド」; for heterogeneous things jumbled 「混交」. 「ちゃんぽん」 and 「ミックス」 are colloquial; 「ない交ぜ」, 「混和」, 「交雑」 and 「混成」 are written/formal. Opposites: 「分離」, 「純粋」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


