JLPT N1 · Verb

紛れる (magireru)

紛れる (まぎれる, magireru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to disappear into; to be lost in”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まぎれる
Romaji: magireru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among · ichidan verb, intransitive
to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.); to forget about · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be distracted by; to be too absorbed in · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

私の手紙は郵送中にどこかに紛れてしまったに違いない。

My letter must have gone astray in the mail.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 紛れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	紛れる	まぎれる magireru
Polite (~masu)	紛れます	まぎれます magiremasu
Negative	紛れない	まぎれない magirenai
Polite negative	紛れません	まぎれません magiremasen
Past	紛れた	まぎれた magireta
Polite past	紛れました	まぎれました magiremashita
Negative past	紛れなかった	まぎれなかった magirenakatta
Te-form	紛れて	まぎれて magirete
Potential	紛れられる	まぎれられる magirerareru
Passive	紛れられる	まぎれられる magirerareru
Causative	紛れさせる	まぎれさせる magiresaseru
Volitional	紛れよう	まぎれよう magireyou
Imperative	紛れろ	まぎれろ magirero
Conditional (~ba)	紛れれば	まぎれれば magirereba

Kanji in 紛れる

紛

distract, be mistaken for, go astrayフン・まぎ.れる・-まぎ.れ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 紛れる.

紛失ふんしつloss紛争ふんそうdispute紛らわしいまぎらわしいeasily mixed up (e.g. similar words)

Source: JMdict entry 1505010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.