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間ま違ちがう

N1
まちがう machigau
  1. to make a mistake
  2. to be incorrect
  3. to be mistaken
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

弄错;误认

Examples

  • 番ばん号ごうを間ま違ちがっていると思おもいます。
    I think you have the wrong number.
    我想你拨错号码了。
  • 彼かれはとても若わかく見みえるのでよく学がく生せいと間ま違ちがわれる。
    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"
  }
}