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How to say 'Mistake' in Japanese | 間違う

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The Japanese word for Mistake is 'Machigau', written as 間違う in Japanese.'Mistake' in hiragana is まちがう.

    word

    間違う

    Meaning

    Mistake

    Reading

    まちがう

    machigau

    Kanji

    間Interval, Space 違Differ, Different

    Explanation

    The Japanese verb '間違う (まちがう)' means 'to make a mistake' or 'to be incorrect'. It is used when someone does something wrong or incorrectly. This verb can be applied to actions, decisions, or judgments. For example: I made a mistake in my calculations「計算を間違った」(けいさんをまちがった). Don't mistake me for someone else「私を他の人と間違わないで」(わたしをほかのひととまちがわないで). The verb can also be used in its negative form to express correctness, as in '間違っていない (まちがっていない)' meaning 'not mistaken' or 'correct'.

    Part Of Speech

    verb

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    7

    Frequency

    2294

    Composition

    kanji-hiragana

    Handwriting

This word is a godan verb. To learn how it transforms in different tenses and forms, explore all its conjugations.

Kanji in the Word 間違う

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    間

    Meaning

    Interval, Space

  • kanji

    違

    Meaning

    Differ, Different

Hiragana in the Word 間違う

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

  • hiragana

    う

    Reading

    U

Words Related to 間違う Through the Kanji 間

These 31 Words contain the Kanji 間 as well.

  • word

    間

    Meaning

    Between

  • word

    時間

    Meaning

    Time

  • word

    人間

    Meaning

    Human

  • word

    年間

    Meaning

    Year

  • word

    この間

    Meaning

    Recently

  • word

    期間

    Meaning

    Period

  • word

    間違い

    Meaning

    Mistake

  • word

    週間

    Meaning

    Week

  • word

    仲間

    Meaning

    Companion

  • word

    空間

    Meaning

    Space

  • word

    瞬間

    Meaning

    Moment

  • word

    世間

    Meaning

    World, Society

  • word

    民間

    Meaning

    Private, Civilian

  • word

    客間

    Meaning

    Guestroom

  • word

    日間

    Meaning

    Days

  • word

    時間割り

    Meaning

    Schedule

  • word

    中間

    Meaning

    Middle, Interim

  • word

    昼間

    Meaning

    Daytime

  • word

    間違える

    Meaning

    Mistake

  • word

    隙間

    Meaning

    Gap

  • word

    間に合わせる

    Meaning

    Make do

  • word

    間近

    Meaning

    Near

  • word

    間も無く

    Meaning

    Soon

  • word

    間に合う

    Meaning

    Suffice, Be in time

  • word

    間接

    Meaning

    Indirect

  • word

    洋間

    Meaning

    Western room

  • word

    手間

    Meaning

    Effort

  • word

    居間

    Meaning

    Living room

  • word

    分間

    Meaning

    Minutes

  • word

    夜間

    Meaning

    Night

  • word

    間隔

    Meaning

    Interval

Words Related to 間違う Through the Kanji 違

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 違 as well.

  • word

    違う

    Meaning

    Differ, Be wrong

  • word

    違い

    Meaning

    Difference

  • word

    間違い

    Meaning

    Mistake

  • word

    違反

    Meaning

    Violation

  • word

    違法

    Meaning

    Illegal

  • word

    相違

    Meaning

    Difference

  • word

    間違える

    Meaning

    Mistake

  • word

    勘違い

    Meaning

    Misunderstanding

  • word

    違いない

    Meaning

    Certain

  • word

    人違い

    Meaning

    Mistaken identity

  • word

    見違える

    Meaning

    Mistake, Fail to recognize

  • word

    違和

    Meaning

    Discomfort

Learn the Word 間違う

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What does 'Machigau' (間違う) mean?

'Machigau' means 'Mistake' .

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