Word Meaning ボタンのかけ違い

ぼたんのかけちがい botannokakechigai

ボタンのかけ違い is read as ぼたんのかけちがい (botannokakechigai) and means being at cross-purposes from the start.

Meaning

English

  1. being at cross-purposes from the start
  2. getting off on the wrong foot
  3. doing up one's buttons wrongly

Reading

Kana

ぼたんのかけちがい

Romaji

botannokakechigai

Writing Variants

  • ボタンの掛け違い ぼたんのかけちがい botannokakechigai

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 112631 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

行き違い

いきちがい

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road)

間違い

まちがい

improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman)

違い

ちがい

mistake

気違い

きちがい

madness

食い違い

くいちがい

difference

人違い

ひとちがい

mistaking one person for another

場違い

ばちがい

produced at an unorthodox location

互い違い

たがいちがい

alternate

思い違い

おもいちがい

misunderstanding