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    3. 違う

    違う

    違ちがう​

    to differ (from)

    N5KMT9News #27+1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ちがう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to differ (from), to be different, to be distinct, to be unlike, to vary, to disagree (with)
    2.
    to be wrong, to be incorrect, to be mistaken
    3.
    to become abnormal, to go wrong

    Expressions

    4.
    isn't it?, wasn't it?

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    それは私わたしの意い見けんとは違ちがう。

    That is different from my opinion.

    KMT8Core Concepts
    彼かれの話はなしは事じ実じつと少すこし違ちがうようだ。

    His story seems a little different from the facts.

    KMT9Core Concepts
    もし判はん断だんを一ひとつでも違ちがえば、結けっ果かは大おおきく変かわっていただろう。

    If even one judgment had been wrong, the outcome would have been very different.

    KMT9Core Concepts
    私わたしたちはその問もん題だいについて意い見けんが違ちがう。

    We have different opinions about that problem.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    自じ分ぶんの考かんえが間いがま違ちがっていると気きづいた時とき、心こころがざわついた。いや、違ちがう、これは正ただしいはずだ。

    When I realized my idea was wrong, my heart fluttered. No, that's not right, this should be correct.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    違
    ちが.う・ちが.い・ちが.える・-ちが.える・たが.う・たが.える…(1)
    difference・differ
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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