Illustration: At an apartment entrance after a friendly visit, a man has pushed one foot into a sneaker that is far too small. He looks baffled, tugging at the heel as though the shoe has inexplicably shrunk.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

勘かん違ちがい

kanchigai

to misunderstand, to be mistaken

Example sentences

  1. 勘違かんちがいしてたわ。

    I was mistaken.

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  2. 勘違かんちがいするなよ。

    Don’t get the wrong idea.

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  3. 彼女かのじょが会あいにくるだろうと思おもったのは彼かれの勘違かんちがいだった。

    He was in error in assuming that she would come to see him.

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Kanji in 勘違

  • 勘intuition; perceptionOnカン
  • 違difference; differOnイKunちがう・ちがい・ちがえる

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