語感 Dictionary

違う

ちがう· also たがう

to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike

JLPT N5 Common word Genki L23, Intermediate Japanese L1

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-u), Intransitive

    to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
  2. to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
  3. to become abnormal; to go wrong

  4. Expression

    isn't it?; wasn't it?

  5. Godan verb (-u), Intransitive

    to differ; to be different
All 7 meanings
  1. to run counter to
  2. to change (into something out of the ordinary)

Forms

PlainPolite
Present違うちがう違いますちがいます
Negative違わないちがわない違いませんちがいません
Past違ったちがった違いましたちがいました
Past negative違わなかったちがわなかった違いませんでしたちがいませんでした
Te-form違ってちがって
Potential違えるちがえる
Passive違われるちがわれる
Causative違わせるちがわせる
Volitional違おうちがおう
Imperative違えちがえ
Conditional (ば)違えばちがえば
Conditional (たら)違ったらちがったら

Example sentences

  • 違ちがうってば。

    I said no.

  • 違ちがいますか？

    Isn't that so?

  • それ違ちがうよ。

    It's not true.

  • 何なにが違ちがうの？

    What's the difference?

  • 何なにか違ちがうの？

    Is something different?

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