Moto 違: Difference; DifferKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- イ
- Kun'yomi
- ちが(う)、ちが(い)、ちが(える)、-ちが(える)、たが(う)、たが(える)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 267 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (イ)
- 違反いはんviolation; offense
- 違憲いけんunconstitutionality
- 違法いほうillegal; illicit
- 相違そういdifference; discrepancy
- 違和感いわかんuncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place
- 違約いやくbreach of contract; default
- スピード違反スピードいはんexceeding the speed limit; speeding
- セグメンテーション違反セグメンテーションいはんsegmentation fault; segfault
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 違いちがいdifference; distinction
- 間違いまちがいmistake; error
- 食い違いくいちがいdiscrepancy; different or conflicting opinions
- 間違いないまちがいないcertain; sure
- 一味違うひとあじちがうto be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
- 互い違いたがいちがいalternate; alternation
- 人違いひとちがいmistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
- 勘違いかんちがいmisunderstanding; mistaken idea
- 取り違えるとりちがえるto mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things
- 場違いばちがいout-of-place; inappropriate
- 思い違いおもいちがいmisunderstanding; misapprehension
- 手違いてちがいmistake; blunder
- 段違いだんちがいwildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level
- 気違いきちがいmadness; madman
- 畑違いはたけちがいout of one's line; out of one's field
- 筋違いすじちがいcramp; sprain
- 行き違いいきちがいcrossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray
- 見当違いけんとうちがいwrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
- 見違えるみちがえるto hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
- 違いないちがいないsure; no mistaking it
- 違うちがうto differ (from); to vary
- 間違うまちがうto make a mistake; to be incorrect
- 間違えるまちがえるto make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)
- 食い違うくいちがうto cross each other; to run counter to
- いとこ違いいとこちがいparent's cousin; first-cousin once removed
- うわさに違わぬうわさにたがわぬliving up to one's reputation
- おかど違いおかどちがいbarking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
- お門違いおかどちがいbarking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
- くい違いくいちがいdiscrepancy; different or conflicting opinions
- くい違うくいちがうto cross each other; to run counter to
- けたが違うけたがちがうto be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale
- けた違いけたちがいan order of magnitude higher; off by a digit
- すじ違いすじちがいcramp; sprain
- すれ違いすれちがいpassing each other
- すれ違いざますれちがいざまwhile passing each other
- すれ違い様すれちがいざまwhile passing each other
- すれ違うすれちがうto pass by one another
- たね違いたねちがいhalf-sibling (by a different father); uterine sibling
- はき違えるはきちがえるto put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet
- ひと味違うひとあじちがうto be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
- ひと足違いひとあしちがいbarely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
- ぶっ違いぶっちがいdiagonal cross; x-shaped cross
- まかり間違うまかりまちがうto go wrong; to turn for the worse
- まかり間違えばまかりまちがえばif things go wrong; if the worst happens
- わけが違うわけがちがうto be incomparable; to be completely different matters
- カテ違いカテちがい(being in the) wrong category; being wrongly categorized
- スレ違いスレちがいoff-topic (on an online thread)
Other readings
- 食違いくいちがいdiscrepancy; different or conflicting opinions
- 食違うくいちがうto cross each other; to run counter to
- ケタ違いけたちがいan order of magnitude higher; off by a digit
- スレ違スレちoff-topic (on an online thread)
- ページ違反ぺーじいはんpage fault; access violation
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