Vocab Info

N4 Ichidan 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. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

      1.

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

    2. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

      2.

      to confuse, to mistake something for something else

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    間違える 【まちがえる】

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    Examples

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      (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)間違(まちが)える

      To get the wrong telephone number.

      • N4

      (いそ)いでいたので、()りる(えき)間違(まちが)ました。

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

      • N4

      祖母(そぼ)()(わる)いので(しお)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()(もん)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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