紛れ

紛れ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
紛
まぐ Grade: S
kun’yomi

From verb 紛れる (magureru, “to become lost, to lose one's way”).[1][2][3] The noun sense appears to have developed from the sense of losing one's way → encountering by accident → a chance outcome or result.[1][3]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ま​ぐれ [máꜜgùrè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][4][3]
  • (Tokyo) まぐれ​ [màgúréꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[4][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠ɡɯ̟ᵝɾe̞]

Noun

紛れ (hiragana まぐれ, rōmaji magure)

1. (pure) luck, a fluke, a chance

   あれは紛 (まぐ)れですよ。

   Are wa magure desu yo.

   It was pure luck (a fluke).

Synonyms

• 紛 (まぐ)れ当 (あ)たり (magureatari)

Verb

紛れ (hiragana まぐれ, rōmaji magure)

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 紛れる (magureru) [ichidan]

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
紛
まぎ Grade: S
kun’yomi

From verb 紛れる (magireru, “to become mixed up; to lose oneself in something”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まぎれ​ [màgíréꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[4][3]
  • (Tokyo) まぎれ [màgíré] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠ɡʲiɾe̞]

Noun

紛れ (hiragana まぎれ, rōmaji magire)

1. an indistinct mix
2. a mixing up or involvement in something

Verb

紛れ (hiragana まぎれ, rōmaji magire)

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 紛れる (magireru) [ichidan]

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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