食い違い（くいちがい）
JLPT N1 · i-adjective
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: discrepancy / mismatch
Example sentences
- 二人の話に食い違いがある。 — There's a discrepancy between the two people's accounts.
- 食い違いを話し合って解消する。 — They talk it out and resolve the discrepancy.
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