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間違える

まちがえる

to mistake, to confuse

Mnemonic

You take the gap the wrong way round and land on the wrong answer. Match まち the wrong guy がえ again, and on an easy one at that: まちがえる.

Worth knowing

間違う まちがう is being wrong. 間違える is getting a particular thing wrong, or taking one thing for another.

Built from

interval, gap
門 gate + 日 sun
differ, be wrong
辶 the road with 韋 above it, two sets of feet going opposite ways round the same enclosure.

Words sharing these kanji

time, hour human being, people interval (of time, space, etc.) interval, duration of time, pause instant, moment comrade, peer to be mistaken, to be incorrect space, room before one knows, unnoticed to be in time, to answer the purpose, to be good enough mistake, error crack, gap

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