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

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) まぜる [màzéꜜrù] (Nakadaka –)
* IPA: [ma̠ze̞ɾɯ̟]
* 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 |
* [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.
* [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!
* [from 1001] to exchange words, to talk with someone
* [from 1844] to interrupt and derail someone else's story, to get someone else off the track in a story or conversation

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 混ぜ | まぜ | maze |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 混ぜ | まぜ | maze |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 混ぜる | まぜる | mazeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 混ぜる | まぜる | mazeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 混ぜれ | まぜれ | mazere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 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

* ↑ “交・混・雑”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN