交わる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 交わる(まじわる) is an intransitive verb for roads meeting or people associating with one another.
• Basic usage: It describes the crossing of two roads and interaction between generations.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Crossing and social interaction
  • 道が交わる describes roads meeting; 人と交わる describes associating or socializing with people.
• Conjugation and similar spelling
  • Its forms include 交わって and 交わらない. The verb in 言葉を交わす, exchanging words, is 交わす(かわす).