間違う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
間 違
ま
Grade: 2		 ちが
Grade: S
kun’yomi
See also 間違い, and 間違える

Pronunciation

Verb

間違う (transitive, hiragana まちがう, rōmaji machigau, historical hiragana まちがふ)

Japanese verb pair
active 間違える
mediopassive 間違う
  1. to be wrong; to be incorrect
    間 (ま)違 (ちが)った考 (かんが)え方 (かた)
    machigatta kangaekata
    an incorrect way of thinking
    この手 (て)紙 (がみ)は住 (じゅう)所 (しょ)が間 (ま)違 (ちが)っている
    kono tegami wa jūsho ga machigatte iru
    The address on this letter is wrong.
  2. to make a mistake; to err
    計 (けい)算 (さん)を間違 (まちが)った。
    Keisan o machigatta.
    I made a mistake in calculating.
  3. to confuse, to mistake something for something else

Conjugation
Conjugation of "間違う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 間違わ まちがわ machigawa
Continuative (連用形) 間違い まちがい machigai
Terminal (終止形) 間違う まちがう machigau
Attributive (連体形) 間違う まちがう machigau
Hypothetical (仮定形) 間違え まちがえ machigae
Imperative (命令形) 間違え まちがえ machigae
Key constructions
Passive 間違われる まちがわれる machigawareru
Causative 間違わせる
間違わす		 まちがわせる
まちがわす		 machigawaseru
machigawasu
Potential 間違える まちがえる machigaeru
Volitional 間違おう まちがおう machigaō
Negative 間違わない まちがわない machigawanai
Negative continuative 間違わず まちがわず machigawazu
Formal 間違います まちがいます machigaimasu
Perfective 間違った まちがった machigatta
Conjunctive 間違って まちがって machigatte
Hypothetical conditional 間違えば まちがえば machigaeba
Classical conjugation of "間違ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 間違はまちがはmatigafa
Continuative (連用形) 間違ひまちがひmatigafi
Terminal (終止形) 間違ふまちがふmatigafu
Attributive (連体形) 間違ふまちがふmatigafu
Realis (已然形) 間違へまちがへmatigafe
Imperative (命令形) 間違へまちがへmatigafe
Key constructions
Negative 間違はずまちがはずmatigafazu
Contrasting conjunction 間違へどまちがへどmatigafedo
Causal conjunction 間違へばまちがへばmatigafeba
Conditional conjunction 間違はばまちがはばmatigafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 間違ひきまちがひきmatigafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 間違ひけりまちがひけりmatigafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 間違ひつまちがひつmatigafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 間違ひぬまちがひぬmatigafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 間違へり
間違ひたり		まちがへり
まちがひたり		matigaferi
matigafitari

Synonyms

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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