Word Meaning 見当違い

けんとうちがい kentouchigai

見当違い is read as けんとうちがい (kentouchigai) and means wrong (guess or estimate).

Meaning

English

wrong (guess or estimate)
misdirected
irrelevant
off the point

Reading

Kana

けんとうちがい

Romaji

kentouchigai

Writing Variants

見当ちがい けんとうちがい kentouchigai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 21740 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

見当たらない

みあたらない

not be found

見当がつかない

けんとうがつかない

having not the slightest idea

見当もつかない

けんとうもつかない

having not the slightest idea

見間違い

みまちがい

misjudgement

見違い

みちがい

failing to recognize

見ると聞くとは大違い

みるときくとはおおちがい

there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes

見込み違い

みこみちがい

miscalculation

見当

けんとう

registration mark (printing)

見違える

みちがえる

to hardly recognise

見当たる

みあたる

to be found

見当つく

けんとうつく

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

見当外れ

けんとうはずれ

wrong (guess or estimate)

Example Sentences

彼の答えはすべて見当違いだった。

All his answers were wide of the mark.

感情によって理性が曇らされているままにしておくならば、我々は、常に見当違いのことをしてしまうだろう。

If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.