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違う ちがう N5

  1. to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to differ (from); to disagree (with); to vary
  2. to be incorrect; to be mistaken; to be wrong
  3. to become abnormal; to go wrong
  4. isn't it?; wasn't it?

違う たがう

  1. to be different; to differ
  2. to run counter to
  3. to change (into something out of the ordinary)

食い違う くいちがう N1

  1. to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears)
  2. to be contradictory; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts); to be inconsistent (with); to clash; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to run counter (to)

間違う まちがう

  1. to be incorrect; to be mistaken; to be wrong
  2. to do incorrectly; to get wrong; to make a mistake (in)
  3. to confuse; to mistake (one thing with another)

一味違う ひとあじちがう

  1. to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

すれ違う すれちがう N3

  1. to brush past; to pass (by) each other
  2. to fail to meet; to miss (meeting) each other
  3. to be at odds; to be in conflict; to clash

出し違う だしちがう

  1. to miss delivering; to miss sending

出違う でちがう

  1. to miss a visitor

少しずつ違う すこしずつちがう

  1. to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)

飛び違う とびちがう

  1. to flit about
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