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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)
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