To Get Mixed
To Be Mixed, To Be Blended With
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means mix so the verb vocab version is to get mixed or to be mixed.
混ざる is used to talk about something getting mixed, without focusing on who did the mixing. You can remember this because the Tzar (ざる) of Russia presided over lots of things getting mixed together — peoples, languages, religions. The Tzar's empire was a big melting pot where all kinds of things got mixed together.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
Who always wants things to get mixed well? Your ma (ま)! Whether it's her soup or the colors she paints with, everything she touches ends up getting mixed well and coming together nicely.
水と油って、混ざるんだっけ？混ざらないんだっけ？
Water and oil, do they mix? Or don't they?
黄色に青色と赤色が混ざって、にじんで茶色っぽくなってしまいました。
Yellow mixed with blue and red, resulting in a brownish color.
みんなの会話に混ざることができなくてとても悲しかったし、さみしかったよ。
I felt really sad and lonely because I couldn't contribute to the conversation at all.