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Japanese
Etymology
From 間違う (machigau, “to make a mistake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
間違い • (machigai) ←まちがひ (matigafi)?
- a mistake
- この文章には多くの間違いがある。
- Kono bunshō ni wa ōku no machigai ga aru.
- There are many mistakes in this sentence.
- an error by mistake, misjudgment, or misconception.
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- 「我々がエメリアやウーラやコーシとして知っていたものは、神の如き存在でもなんでもない、残忍な計略で、大きな間違いでしかなかったのだ。」
- “Wareware ga Emeria ya Ūra ya Kōshi to shite shitte ita mono wa, kami no gotoki sonzai de mo nan de mo nai, zannin na keiryaku de, ōkina machigai de shika nakatta no da.”
- “What we knew as Emeria, Ula, and Cosi were not divine beings at all, but a cruel trick, and a grave error.”
- trouble; an accident
Verb
間違い • (machigai)
- stem or continuative form of 間違う (machigau)
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.