VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

間違い

まちがい
hepburn machigai

mistake, error

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 間違いがあります。
    There is a mistake.
  2. 間違いを直す。
    I correct the mistake.

Collocations

間違い (machigai, mistake)間違える (machigaeru)勘違い (kanchigai)誤り (ayamari, formal)間違いない (no mistake)

Mnemonic

Machigai (間違い) is "mistake / error" — B + no-cluster noun. Nominalized from chigau verb. Family: (1) machigaeru (make a mistake / err); (2) kanchigai (misunderstanding / misperception); (3) ayamari (formal "error"); (4) machigainai (no mistake — certainly). Korean silsu / jalmot / ohae split and Chinese cuowu / shiwu / wujie split parallel; Japans chigau + derivation cluster.

Quick check

  1. Machigai vs kanchigai?

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