違う
N5ちがう chigau
- to differ
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
不同;不对
Examples
- ライオンとヒョウの違いは何ですか。What's the difference between lions and leopards?狮子和豹子有什么区别?
- そうかもしれないけど、たぶん違う。That could be true, but I don't really think so.也许是那样,但恐怕不是。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('35e9881c22'); // 違う
{
"id": "35e9881c22",
"word": "違う",
"reading": "ちがう",
"romaji": "chigau",
"meanings": [
"to differ"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1158880,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ライオンとヒョウの違いは何ですか。",
"furigana": "ライオンとヒョウの{違|ちが}いは{何|なに}ですか。",
"en": "What's the difference between lions and leopards?",
"tatoeba_id": 192689
},
{
"ja": "そうかもしれないけど、たぶん違う。",
"furigana": "そうかもしれないけど、たぶん{違|ちが}う。",
"en": "That could be true, but I don't really think so.",
"tatoeba_id": 213899
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "4e9023677011265491e2cf7275ddae098138a119ead98439ef98a2736fddc34c",
"meanings": [
"不同;不对"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ライオンとヒョウの違いは何ですか。",
"zh": "狮子和豹子有什么区别?"
},
{
"ja": "そうかもしれないけど、たぶん違う。",
"zh": "也许是那样,但恐怕不是。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/35e9881c22",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "ee29378dad861d080721d2f5f66a996c95e8f955daefa9ecea2c489740e3ceb0"
}
}