Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ちが
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「間違う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
間違う ちが [màchígáꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 間違え ちが [màchígáꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 間違われる ちがわれ [màchígáwáréꜜrù]
Causative 間違わせる ちがわせ [màchígáwáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 間違おう ちがお [màchígáóꜜò]
Negative 間違わない ちがわない [màchígáwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 間違わなかった ちがわなかった [màchígáwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 間違います ちがいま [màchígáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 間違った ちがった [màchígáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 間違って ちがって [màchígáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 間違えば ちがえば [màchígáꜜèbà]

Verb

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()(ちが) (machigauまちがふ (matigafu)?transitive or intransitive godan (stem ()(ちが) (machigai), past ()(ちが)った (machigatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 間違える
mediopassive 間違う
  1. to be wrong; to be incorrect
    ()(ちが)った(かんが)(かた)
    machigatta kangaekata
    an incorrect way of thinking
    この()(がみ)(じゅう)(しょ)()(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
    (けい)(さん)()(ちが)った
    Keisan o machigatta.
    I made a mistake in calculating.
  3. to confuse, to mistake something for something else

Conjugation

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References

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