違う（ちがう）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: to differ / be wrong
Example sentences
- この問題について、私の考えは少し違う。 — My view on this issue is a little different.
- 計算したが、答えが違っていた。 — I did the calculation, but the answer was wrong.
Idioms & proverbs containing “違う”
- 桁が違う (けたがちがう) — to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “違う” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)