紛れる
まぎれる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among
- to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.)
- to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar
- to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.); to forget about
- to be distracted by; to be too absorbed in
Kanji
- 紛 mix up. Read as まぎれる.
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. - 彼はどさくさにまぎれて行方をくらました。
He disappeared, taking advantage of the confusion. - 彼は闇に紛れて逃げ出した。
He escaped under cover of darkness. - 彼女は闇にまぎれて逃げとおせた。
She managed to run away under cover of darkness. - 彼女は人混みにまぎれてみえなくなった。
She lost herself in the crowd.
Common phrases
- どさくさに紛れて (どさくさにまぎれて) in the confusion of the moment
- 中に紛れる
- どさくさにまぎれる
- 闇に紛れて (やみにまぎれて) under cover of night
- 闇に紛れる
- 人混みに紛れる
Related forms
- 紛らす (まぎらす) to divert (e.g. one's mind) (transitive partner)
Words containing 紛れる
- 紛れ込む (まぎれこむ) to disappear into
- 気が紛れる (きがまぎれる) to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
- 取り紛れる (とりまぎれる) to be in confusion
And 3 more.