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    3. 食い違う

    食い違う

    食くい​違ちがう​

    to not match well (e.g. at the seams)

    N1KMT10News #37+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab26 strokes

    食違うくい違う食いちがう

    くいちがう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to not match well (e.g. at the seams), to not mesh properly (of gears)
    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

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    彼かれらの意い見けんが食くい違ちがった。

    Their opinions differed.

    KMT10Daily Life
    証しょう言げんが食くい違ちがっていて、真しん実じつがわからない。

    The testimonies are inconsistent, so I don't know the truth.

    KMT10Daily Life
    彼かれの行こう動どうは、彼かれの言こと葉ばと食くい違ちがうことが多おおかった。

    His actions often contradicted his words.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    夫ふう婦ふの間あいだで、家か事じの分ぶん担たんについて意い見けんが食くい違ちがうことがある。

    Between husband and wife, opinions sometimes differ regarding the division of household chores.

    KMT10Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    報ほう告こく書しょの内ない容ようと実じっ際さいのデータが食くい違ちがっている。

    The content of the report and the actual data are inconsistent.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    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
    い
    i
    Kana
    う
    u
    Kana
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