Illustration: In a family genkan, a child has accidentally put one foot into a parent's enormous loafer while the other foot wears a correctly sized sneaker. The child's second sneaker sits immediately beside the oversized shoe, making the mix-up unmistakable.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

間ま違ちがえる

machigaeru

to get wrong, to make a mistake

Example sentences

彼かれは答こたえを三みっつ間違まちがえた。
He gave three wrong answers.
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ごめん間違まちがえた。
Sorry, I made a mistake.
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彼かれは間違まちがえた。
He made a mistake.
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Kanji in 間違

間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい
違difference; differOnイKunちがう・ちがい・ちがえる

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