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There are 43 total results for your 違う search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

違う

see styles
 chigau
    ちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with); (v5u,vi) (2) to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken; (v5u,vi) (3) (See 気が違う) to become abnormal; to go wrong; (expression) (4) (ksb:) (at sentence-end; oft. as 〜のと違うか) isn't it?; wasn't it?

出違う

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 dechigau
    でちがう
(v5u,vi) to miss a visitor

間違う

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 machigau
    まちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) (as 間違っている or 間違った) to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to be wrong; (transitive verb) (2) to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to get wrong; (transitive verb) (3) to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

食違う

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 kuichigau
    くいちがう
(v5u,vi) to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry

くい違う

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 kuichigau
    くいちがう
(v5u,vi) to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry

すれ違う

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 surechigau
    すれちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) to pass by one another; (2) to miss meeting each other; to miss each other; (3) to disagree

一味違う

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 hitoajichigau
    ひとあじちがう
(exp,v5u) (colloquialism) to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

入れ違う

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 irechigau
    いれちがう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) to pass each other; to cross paths

出し違う

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 dashichigau
    だしちがう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) to miss sending; to miss delivering

掛け違う

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 kakechigau
    かけちがう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) to cross paths; to conflict

擦れ違う

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 surechigau
    すれちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) to pass by one another; (2) to miss meeting each other; to miss each other; (3) to disagree

気が違う

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 kigachigau
    きがちがう
(exp,v5u) (colloquialism) to be mad; to go mad; to go insane

聞き違う

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 kikichigau
    ききちがう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) to mishear

行き違う

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 yukichigau; ikichigau
    ゆきちがう; いきちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) to cross (each other); to pass (each other); (v5u,vi) (2) to misunderstand; to go amiss

見間違う

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 mimachigau
    みまちがう
(transitive verb) (See 見間違える) to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

訳が違う

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 wakegachigau
    わけがちがう
(exp,v5u) to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

話が違う

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 hanashigachigau
    はなしがちがう
(exp,v5u) to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

飛び違う

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 tobichigau
    とびちがう
(v5u,vi) to flit about

食い違う

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 kuichigau
    くいちがう
(v5u,vi) to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry

ひと味違う

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 hitoajichigau
    ひとあじちがう
(exp,v5u) (colloquialism) to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

わけが違う

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 wakegachigau
    わけがちがう
(exp,v5u) to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

事志と違う

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 kotokokorozashitotagau
    ことこころざしとたがう
(exp,v5u) to not turn out as one wishes; to not go as one expected

勝手が違う

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 kattegachigau
    かってがちがう
(exp,v5u) to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

罷り間違う

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 makarimachigau
    まかりまちがう
(v5u,vi) to go wrong; to turn for the worse

まかり間違う

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 makarimachigau
    まかりまちがう
(v5u,vi) to go wrong; to turn for the worse

一歩間違うと

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 ippomachigauto
    いっぽまちがうと
(expression) make one wrong move and ...; take one wrong step and ...

少しずつ違う

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 sukoshizutsuchigau
    すこしずつちがう
(exp,v5u) to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)

Variations:
行き違う
行違う

 yukichigau; ikichigau
    ゆきちがう; いきちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) to cross (each other); to pass (each other); (v5u,vi) (2) to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to cross (of letters in the mail); (v5u,vi) (3) to have a misunderstanding; to go awry; to clash; to be in conflict

Variations:
見違う
見ちがう

 michigau
    みちがう
(transitive verb) (See 見違える・みちがえる) to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or someone else

Variations:
読み違う
読違う

 yomichigau
    よみちがう
(transitive verb) (See 読み違える) to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret

Variations:
違くて
違うくて

 chigakute(違kute); chigaukute
    ちがくて(違くて); ちがうくて
(expression) (colloquialism) (non-standard て-form of 違う) (See ちがう・1) different (from); not the same (as)

Variations:
すれ違う
擦れ違う

 surechigau
    すれちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) to pass (by) each other; to brush past; (v5u,vi) (2) to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; (v5u,vi) (3) to be at odds; to clash; to be in conflict

Variations:
桁が違う
けたが違う

 ketagachigau
    けたがちがう
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; to be on a different order of magnitude

Variations:
訳が違う
わけが違う

 wakegachigau
    わけがちがう
(exp,v5u) to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

Variations:
違くない
違うくない

 chigakunai(違kunai); chigaukunai(違ukunai)
    ちがくない(違くない); ちがうくない(違うくない)
(expression) (1) (colloquialism) (grammatically incorrect negation of 違う) (See 違う・1) isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; (expression) (2) (colloquialism) (as a response to a question containing 違う) no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case

Variations:
まかり間違う
罷り間違う

 makarimachigau
    まかりまちがう
(v5u,vi) (usu. as 〜えば, 〜と, 〜ったら) to make a mistake; to blunder

Variations:
見違う
見ちがう(sK)

 michigau
    みちがう
(transitive verb) (See 見違える) to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize

Variations:
一味違う
ひと味違う

 hitoajichigau
    ひとあじちがう
(exp,v5u) to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

Variations:
掛け違う
かけ違う
掛違う

 kakechigau
    かけちがう
(transitive verb) (1) to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to do up (buttons) incorrectly; (v5u,vi) (2) to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict; (v5u,vi) (3) to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by

Variations:
桁が違う
ケタが違う
桁がちがう(sK)
けたが違う(sK)

 ketagachigau
    けたがちがう
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison

Variations:
食い違う
くい違う
食いちがう
食違う

 kuichigau
    くいちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); (v5u,vi) (2) to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts); to run counter (to); to be inconsistent (with); to be contradictory

Variations:
食い違う
食違う
くい違う(sK)
食いちがう(sK)

 kuichigau
    くいちがう
(v5u,vi) (1) to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); (v5u,vi) (2) to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts); to run counter (to); to be inconsistent (with); to be contradictory

Variations:
食い違う
食違う
くい違う
食いちがう

 kuichigau
    くいちがう
(v5u,vi) to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry
This page contains 43 results for "違う" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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