Word Meaning ボタンの掛け違い

ぼたんのかけちがい botannokakechigai

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

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ぼたんのかけちがい

Romaji

botannokakechigai

Writing Variants

ボタンのかけ違い ぼたんのかけちがい botannokakechigai

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 136822 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

ボタンの掛け違え

ぼたんのかけちがえ

being at cross-purposes from the start

ボタンを掛け違える

ぼたんをかけちがえる

to bungle up the order

掛け違い

かけちがい

crossing paths without meeting

掛け違う

かけちがう

to miss (meeting) each other

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

食い違い

くいちがい

difference

人違い

ひとちがい

mistaking one person for another

気違い

きちがい

madness

場違い

ばちがい

produced at an unorthodox location

間違いない

まちがいない

reliable