違い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
違
ちが
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 違 (ちが)う (chigau, “to differ”).

Pronunciation

Noun

違い (hiragana ちがい, rōmaji chigai, historical hiragana ちがひ)

  1. difference
    AとBの違 (ちが)い
    A to B no chigai
    difference between A and B

Suffix

違い (hiragana ちがい, rōmaji -chigai, historical hiragana ちがひ)

  1. difference, discrepancy

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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