Vocab Info

N4 る-verb, Transitive verb

間違(まちが)えるto make a mistake (in), to commit an error (e.g. in calculation), to confuse, to mistake something for something else

    Dictionary Definition

    1. る-verb, Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        to make a mistake (in), to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)

      2. 2.

        to confuse, to mistake something for something else

    All Forms

    間違える 【まちがえる】

    Details

      • ま

      • ち

      • が

      • え

      • る

    • Frequency

      Anime Top 1,800

    Examples

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    • 答(こた)えを間違(まちが)える。

      To answer incorrectly.

      • N4
    • 電話(でんわ)番号(ばんごう)を間違(まちが)える。

      To get the wrong telephone number.

      • N4
    • 急(いそ)いでいたので、降(お)りる駅(えき)を間違(まちが)えました。

      Since I was in a hurry, I got off at the wrong station.

      • N4
    • 祖母(そぼ)は目(め)が悪(わる)いので塩(しお)と砂糖(さとう)をよく間違(まちが)える。

      My grandmother has bad eyesight and often mistakes salt for sugar.

      • N3
    • そのテストの問題(もんだい)はとても簡単(かんたん)だったのに二(に)問(もん)も間違(まちが)えてしまいました。

      Despite the questions on that test being very easy, I got two wrong.

      • N3
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