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

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

Reading

Kana

ぼたんのかけちがえ

Romaji

botannokakechigae

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 135284 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

掛違い

かけちがい

crossing paths without meeting

掛違う

かけちがう

to miss (meeting) each other

ボタンのかけ違い

ぼたんのかけちがい

being at cross-purposes from the start

言い間違え

いいまちがえ

slip of the tongue

人違え

ひとちがえ

mistaken identity

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)

間違え

まちがえ

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

取違え

とりちがえ

misunderstanding

差違え

さしちがえ

overruling referee's decision of bout outcome

行き違い

いきちがい

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