間違う
N1まちがう machigau
- to make a mistake
- to be incorrect
- to be mistaken
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
弄错;误认
Examples
- 番号を間違っていると思います。I think you have the wrong number.我想你拨错号码了。
- 彼はとても若く見えるのでよく学生と間違われる。He is often taken for a student because he looks so young.他看起来很年轻,所以常被误认为学生。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4984694e6d'); // 間違う
{
"id": "4984694e6d",
"word": "間違う",
"reading": "まちがう",
"romaji": "machigau",
"meanings": [
"to make a mistake",
"to be incorrect",
"to be mistaken"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1611610,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "番号を間違っていると思います。",
"furigana": "{番号|ばんごう}を{間違|まちが}っていると{思|おも}います。",
"en": "I think you have the wrong number.",
"tatoeba_id": 121169
},
{
"ja": "彼はとても若く見えるのでよく学生と間違われる。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はとても{若|わか}く{見|み}えるのでよく{学生|がくせい}と{間違|まちが}われる。",
"en": "He is often taken for a student because he looks so young.",
"tatoeba_id": 111574
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "779452f0237f4109304b6112bdf1db45ea9cf3720fea9069a583421ab4d61a1e",
"meanings": [
"弄错",
"误认"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "番号を間違っていると思います。",
"zh": "我想你拨错号码了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼はとても若く見えるのでよく学生と間違われる。",
"zh": "他看起来很年轻,所以常被误认为学生。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/4984694e6d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1611610; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "1d597a212a14c35029b795573cdbf3771f8d1649a716df5f36d6b5d988e9b8cb"
}
}