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

Noun

紛(まぐ)れ • (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

Verb

紛(まぐ)れ • (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

Noun

紛(まぎ)れ • (magire) 

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

Verb

紛(まぎ)れ • (magire) 

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

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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