Word Meaning ボタンの掛け違え
ぼたんのかけちがえ
botannokakechigae
ボタンの掛け違え is read as ぼたんのかけちがえ (botannokakechigae) 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
ぼたんのかけちがえ
Romaji
botannokakechigae
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12方違え
かたたがえ
setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)