違える
ちがえる
chigaeru
JMdict entry #1158890
- Ichidan verbtransitive verb to change; to alter
- Ichidan verbtransitive verb to mistake; to make a mistake
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Ichidan verbtransitive verb
to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise)
see: たがえる・1, たがえる・2
- Ichidan verbtransitive verb to sprain (a muscle); to dislocate (e.g. one's neck)
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は不注意にも列車を間違えた。
kare ha fu chuui ni mo ressha wo machigae ta 。
He was so careless as to take the wrong train.
彼は不注意にも電車に乗りまちがえた。
kare ha fu chuui ni mo densha ni nori machigae ta 。
He was careless enough to get on the wrong train.
彼は電車を乗り間違えた。
kare ha densha wo nori machigae ta 。
He took the wrong train by mistake.
彼は弟と間違えられた。
kare ha otouto to machigae rare ta 。
He was mistaken for his younger brother.
彼は順番を間違えてカードを出してしまった。
kare ha junban wo machigae te kaado wo dashi te shimaxtsu ta 。
He has played his card out of turn.
彼は私を姉と間違えたに違いない。
kare ha watakushi wo ane to machigae ta ni chigai nai 。
I'm sure he mistook me for my sister.