間違い
まちがい
hepburn machigai
mistake, error
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 間違いがあります。There is a mistake.
- 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
Machigai vs kanchigai?