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間違う

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

間違う — “to make a mistake, to be mistaken”

間違う (read まちがう) means to make a mistake, to be mistaken. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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まちがう

Meaning

to make a mistake, to be mistaken

間違う in a sentence

道みちを間違っまちがってしまいました。

I took the wrong way.

The kanji in 間違う

間gap; interval of time/space
違different; wrong

Words that share a kanji with 間違う

時間じかん— time
～時間～じかん— ~ hours
～週間～しゅうかん— ~ weeks
間に合うまにあう— to be in time, to make it in time
間違えるまちがえる— to make a mistake, to get wrong
仲間なかま— companion, fellow, colleague
間あいだ— space, interval, between, gap
期間きかん— period, term, duration

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