Illustration: In a tatami sitting room, a host deliberately alters a formal seating arrangement before a guest arrives. Three square cushions remain aligned with the low table, while the host turns the fourth diagonally, one hand still gripping its corner.

Beyond N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

違ちがえる

chigaeru

to make different, to alter

意見を違える means to differ in opinion. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

田辺氏たなべしと正邦まさくにとは意見いけんを違ちがえることが多おおかったらしい。
The Tanabe clan and Masakuni seemed often to differ with one another.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
また、対たいになる貝かいを違ちがえないところから夫婦和合ふうふわごうの象徴しょうちょうとされた。
It also came to symbolize marital harmony because the matching shells were never switched.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
部屋へやごとに壁かべの色いろを違ちがえた。
We gave each room a different wall color.
Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 違

違difference; differOnイKunちがう・ちがい・ちがえる

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