Illustration: On the concourse of a Japanese railway station, a woman cheerfully taps the shoulder of a man in a distinctive checked jacket. He turns around with a completely unfamiliar face and a puzzled expression. Her welcoming smile freezes as her hand remains awkwardly suspended in midair.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

人ひと違ちがい

hitochigai

mistaken identity

Example sentences

  1. 人違ひとちがいだと思おもいます。

    I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この映画えいがは貧まずしい女性じょせいが、列車事故れっしゃじこによる混乱こんらんで富豪ふごうの令嬢れいじょうと人違ひとちがいされてしまう物語ものがたりです。

    This movie is about a poor girl who gets mistaken for the daughter of a rich man in the confusion following a train crash.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 人違ひとちがいだ。

    You’ve got the wrong guy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 人違

  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
  • 違difference; differOnイKunちがう・ちがい・ちがえる

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