間違う

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ちが
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, () (ma, space) + (ちが) (chigau, to differ).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちが [màchígáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡ɕiɡa̠ɯ̟]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「間違う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
間違う ちが [màchígáꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 間違え ちが [màchígáꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 間違われる ちがわれ [màchígáwáréꜜrù]
Causative 間違わせる ちがわせ [màchígáwáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 間違おう ちがお [màchígáóꜜò]
Negative 間違わない ちがわない [màchígáwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 間違わなかった ちがわなかった [màchígáwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 間違います ちがいま [màchígáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 間違った ちがった [màchígáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 間違って ちがって [màchígáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 間違えば ちがえば [màchígáꜜèbà]

Verb

()(ちが) • (machigauまちがふ (matigafu)?transitive or intransitive godan (stem ()(ちが) (machigai), past ()(ちが)った (machigatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 間違(まちが)える
mediopassive 間違(まちが)
  1. to be wrong, to be incorrect
    ()(ちが)った(かんが)(かた)
    machigatta kangaekata
    an incorrect way of thinking
    この()(がみ)(じゅう)(しょ)()(ちが)っている
    Kono tegami wa jūsho ga machigatte iru.
    The address on this letter is wrong.
  2. to make a mistake, to err
    (けい)(さん)()(ちが)った
    Keisan o machigatta.
    I made a mistake in calculating.
  3. to confuse, to mistake something for something else

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.