交じり

まじり【混じり･交じり】

〔事〕 mixture; admixture; impurity; 〔物〕 a mixture; a compound.

●漢字仮名混じり文 a passage using kanji and kana in combination.

●鼻歌混じりに[で] enjoyably; with pleasure

・鼻歌混じりで洗濯物を干す hum while hanging out the washing

・彼は険しい山道を鼻歌混じりに登っていった. He climbed the steep mountain path with ease.

・冗談混じりに尋ねてみる ask half in fun

・ため息混じりにつぶやく half sigh, half murmur.

●しらが混じりの頭 grizzly hair; hair streaked [shot] with gray

・しらが混じりの老紳士 an old gentleman with a sprinkling of gray hairs

・雨混じりの冷たい風 a cold wind carrying rain

・雪混じりの雨が降っていた. It was raining with a mingling of snow.

・砂混じりの突風 a gust of wind carrying sand with it

・鼻水混じりの声で a nasal voice

・ユーモア混じりの演説 a speech seasoned [spiced, interspersed] with (touches of) humor.