紛れる

まぎれる · magireru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to be diverted

🦊 紛 = fine threads + れる: threads get tangled, so your attention slips into something else

紛 (まぎ) means confused, mixed up, like tangled threads. Add れる (to be made) and your attention gets tangled and diverted into something else.

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