間違う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	違
ま Grade: 2	ちが Grade: S
kun’yomi

See also 間違い, and 間違える

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まちがう [màchígáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕiɡa̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

間違う (transitive, hiragana まちがう, rōmaji machigau, historical hiragana まちがふ)

to make a mistake; to err
計 (けい)算 (さん)を間違 (まちが)った。
Keisan o machigatta.
I made a mistake in calculating.
- 2010 December 8, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい三百二十二訓くん　二に度どあることは三さん度どある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  …間 (ま)違 (ちが)った　アーノルド酒 (シュ)乱 (ラン)ツェネ娘 (コ)だった
  …Machigatta Ānorudo Shurantseneko datta
  …Nah, that’s just an Arnold Drunkeneggirl
to mistake (A for B), to (verb) the wrong (noun)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "間違う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	間違わ	まちがわ	machigawa
Continuative (連用形)	間違い	まちがい	machigai
Terminal (終止形)	間違う	まちがう	machigau
Attributive (連体形)	間違う	まちがう	machigau
Hypothetical (仮定形)	間違え	まちがえ	machigae
Imperative (命令形)	間違え	まちがえ	machigae
Key constructions
Passive	間違われる	まちがわれる	machigawareru
Causative	間違わせる間違わす	まちがわせるまちがわす	machigawaseru machigawasu
Potential	間違える	まちがえる	machigaeru
Volitional	間違おう	まちがおう	machigaō
Negative	間違わない	まちがわない	machigawanai
Negative continuative	間違わず	まちがわず	machigawazu
Formal	間違います	まちがいます	machigaimasu
Perfective	間違った	まちがった	machigatta
Conjunctive	間違って	まちがって	machigatte
Hypothetical conditional	間違えば	まちがえば	machigaeba

Synonyms

間 (ま)違 (ちが)える (machigaeru)

Related terms

間 (ま)違 (ちが)い (machigai, “a mistake”)

References

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

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