混ぜる

混ぜる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
混
ま Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
交ぜる 雑ぜる

Etymology

From Old Japanese mazu, first attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *mansu. Cognate with Okinawan 混じゆん (majiyun).

Speculatively, possible cognates outside Japonic might include Ashkun mišā́- (“to eat (something mixed)”), Kamkata-viri miṣṓ (“to eat dairy products with bread”), Prasuni -mši- (“to mix”), Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬌‎‎‎ (minašti‎‎), Latin misceō, English mix.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まぜ​る [màzéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ze̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "混ぜる"

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	混ぜる	まぜ​る	[màzéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形)	混ぜろ	まぜ​ろ	[màzéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive	混ぜられる	まぜられ​る	[màzéráréꜜrù]
Causative	混ぜさせる	まぜさせ​る	[màzésáséꜜrù]
Potential	混ぜられる	まぜられ​る	[màzéráréꜜrù]
Volitional	混ぜよう	まぜよ​ー	[màzéyóꜜò]
Negative	混ぜない	まぜ​ない	[màzéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective	混ぜなかった	まぜ​なかった	[màzéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal	混ぜます	まぜま​す	[màzémáꜜsù]
Perfective	混ぜた	ま​ぜた	[máꜜzètà]
Conjunctive	混ぜて	ま​ぜて	[máꜜzètè]
Hypothetical conditional	混ぜれば	まぜ​れば	[màzéꜜrèbà]

Verb

混(ま)ぜる • (mazeru) transitive ichidan (stem 混(ま)ぜ (maze), past 混(ま)ぜた (mazeta))

Japanese verb pair
active	混ぜる
mediopassive	混じる

Japanese verb pair
active	混ぜる
mediopassive	混ざる

1. [from 720] to mix, to blend
   • 1929, 與謝野晶子, 晶子詩篇全集:

     温気(うんき)を混(ま)ぜた南風(なんぷう)。

     Unki o mazeta nanpū.

     A southerly wind mixed with heat.

2. [from 1665] to let someone join in an activity

   私(わたし)も混(ま)ぜてー！

   Watashi mo mazetē!

   I wanna join in!

3. [from 1001] to exchange words, to talk with someone
4. [from 1844] to interrupt and derail someone else's story, to get someone else off the track in a story or conversation

Conjugation

Conjugation of "混ぜる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	混ぜ	まぜ	maze
Continuative (連用形)	混ぜ	まぜ	maze
Terminal (終止形)	混ぜる	まぜる	mazeru
Attributive (連体形)	混ぜる	まぜる	mazeru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	混ぜれ	まぜれ	mazere
Imperative (命令形)	混ぜよ¹ 混ぜろ²	まぜよ¹ まぜろ²	mazeyo¹ mazero²
Key constructions
Passive	混ぜられる	まぜられる	mazerareru
Causative	混ぜさせる 混ぜさす	まぜさせる まぜさす	mazesaseru mazesasu
Potential	混ぜられる 混ぜれる³	まぜられる まぜれる³	mazerareru mazereru³
Volitional	混ぜよう	まぜよう	mazeyō
Negative	混ぜない 混ぜぬ 混ぜん	まぜない まぜぬ まぜん	mazenai mazenu mazen
Negative continuative	混ぜず	まぜず	mazezu
Formal	混ぜます	まぜます	mazemasu
Perfective	混ぜた	まぜた	mazeta
Conjunctive	混ぜて	まぜて	mazete
Hypothetical conditional	混ぜれば	まぜれば	mazereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

• 混ぜ合わせる
• 混ぜ返す

References

1. “交・混・雑”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN