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    3. 間違う

    間違う

    間ま違ちがう​

    to be mistaken

    N1KMT9News #32+1CoreCore ConceptsKanji Vocab27 strokes

    まちがう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be mistaken, to be incorrect, to be wrong

    Verb, Transitive

    2.
    to make a mistake (in), to do incorrectly, to get wrong
    3.
    to mistake (one thing with another), to confuse

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    答こたえが間ま違ちがっている。

    The answer is wrong.

    KMT3Core ConceptsEducation
    彼かれは道みちを間ま違ちがって、違ちがう場ば所しょに着ついた。

    He took the wrong road and arrived at a different place.

    KMT9Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    彼かれの判はん断だんは間ま違ちがっていなかったと、後あとになって分わかった。

    It turned out later that his judgment was not wrong.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    計けい算さんを間ま違ちがうと、結けっ果かが大おおきく変かわってしまう。

    If you make a mistake in calculation, the result will change significantly.

    KMT9Core ConceptsScience & Math
    過か去この過あやまちから学まなび、二に度どと同おなじ間ま違ちがいを繰くり返かえさないようにしよう。

    Let's learn from past mistakes and try not to repeat the same errors.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    間
    あいだ・ま・あい…(6)
    interval・space
    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
    う
    u
    Kana
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