1.
to be mixed together; to mingle; to intermingle
Describes a state where different elements are blended or mingled together, whether physical things, people, emotions, or abstract concepts.
喜びと悲しみが入り混じる。
Joy and sadness intermingle.
会場には日本人と外国人が入り混じっていた。
Japanese and foreigners were mingled together at the venue.
期待と不安が入り混じった複雑な気持ちで新生活を始めた。
I started my new life with mixed feelings of expectation and anxiety.
An intransitive verb. Often used with ている to describe an ongoing mixed state. Frequently describes mixed emotions (〜が入り混じった気持ち) or mixed groups of people.
Also written as 入り交じる. The variant 交じる alone means to mix, while the 入り- prefix emphasizes thorough mingling.
COMMON PATTERNS:
- AとBが入り混じる — A and B intermingle
- 入り混じった感情 — mixed emotions
- さまざまな〜が入り混じる — various ~ are mixed together