Word Meaning 違う

ちがう chigau

違う is read as ちがう (chigau) and means isn't it?.

Meaning

English

  1. isn't it?
  2. wasn't it?
  3. to become abnormal
  4. to go wrong
  5. to be wrong
  6. to be incorrect
  7. to be mistaken
  8. to differ (from)

Reading

Kana

ちがう

Romaji

chigau

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 合う,同じ Rank 7166 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

違反

いはん

violation

違法

いほう

illegal

違い

ちがい

mistake

違和感

いわかん

malaise

違約

いやく

breach of contract

間違う

まちがう

to make a mistake

食い違う

くいちがう

to not match well (e.g. at the seams)

一味違う

ひとあじちがう

to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

見間違う

みまちがう

to misperceive visually

違憲

いけん

unconstitutionality

違憲立法審査権

いけんりっぽうしんさけん

power of judicial review

Example Sentences

10

わたしのこたえはきみのとちがう。

My answer is different from yours.

なまえがいちじちがうだけです。

The names differ by just one character.

それはなにかがちがうきがする。

I feel like something is wrong about that.

きのうときょうはきおんがかなりちがう。

The temperature is quite different between yesterday and today.

かれのせつめいはじじつとちがう。

His explanation is different from the facts.

そのやりかたはきそくにたがう。

That method goes against the rules.

No?

No!

That's wrong.

That's not it at all!