相違・相異|そういsoui[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
相違相違 is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners; it is written entirely in kanji.
相異相異 is a rarely used kanji-only variant. You may encounter it as an alternative written form, but choose 相違 instead.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdifference; discrepancy; variation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 相違する（そういする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 相違します（そういします） |
| Negative (nai) | 相違しない（そういしない） |
| polite (masen) | 相違しません（そういしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 相違せず・相違せぬ（そういせず・そういせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 相違した（そういした） |
| polite (mashita) | 相違しました（そういしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 相違しなかった（そういしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 相違しませんでした（そういしませんでした） |
| Te form | 相違して（そういして） |
| Potential | 相違できる（そういできる） |
| Passive | 相違される（そういされる） |
| Causative | 相違させる（そういさせる） |
| Causative passive | 相違させられる（そういさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 相違すれば（そういすれば） |
| tara | 相違したら（そういしたら） |
| Volitional | 相違しよう（そういしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 相違しましょう（そういしましょう） |
| Imperative | 相違しろ（そういしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym食い違いくいちがいNeutralRefers to opinions or statements that contradict each other and fail to match; stresses the conflict. 「相違」 leans written/formal.
- Synonym差異さいWrittenWritten/formal prose for differences and disparities, often in academic comparison, as in 「差異が生じる」.
- Synonym隔たりへだたりNeutralCovers distance and gaps, as in 「意識の隔たり」; stresses the estrangement or divide between two sides.
- Synonym違いちがいNeutralThe everyday, most common word for a difference; 「相違」 belongs to formal documents.
- Synonym差さNeutralThe difference in quantity or degree, as in 「点差」; focuses on numerical values.
- SynonymひらきNeutralA gap or interval, as in 「年齢の開き」; stresses how large the gap is.
- SynonymずれNeutralA shift, offset or lag — time, position or understanding, as in 「認識のずれ」; 「相違」 stresses being different.
- Synonym不同ふどうWrittenMeans not being uniform or in agreement, as in 「順不同」; 「相違」 is the usual word when comparing two things.
- Synonym不一致ふいっちNeutralNeutral word for things not matching or agreeing, as in 「意見の不一致」; stresses that no agreement was reached.
- Synonym齟齬そごWrittenWritten/formal prose for plans or opinions running into conflict or friction.
- Related食い違うくいちがうNeutralThe verb form: accounts or statements contradict each other and don't match, as in 「証言が食い違う」.
- Related異なることなるWrittenVerb meaning to differ, as in 「意見が異なる」; leans toward written prose.
- Related懸隔けんかくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a wide, striking disparity, rare today; unlike 「相違」, it stresses the size of the gap.
- Related径庭けいていWrittenWritten/formal prose for a very large difference, as in 「大いに径庭がある」; 「相違」 says nothing about size.
- Related異にすることにするWrittenA phrase meaning to differ in something, as in 「意見を異にする」; leans written/formal.
- Related相異なるあいことなるWrittenWritten/formal prose for being different from each other; stresses mutual difference and is more stately than 「異なる」.
- Antonym一致いっちNeutralAntonym: agreement or correspondence, as in 「意見の一致」; the direct opposite of 「相違」.
Use 「相違」 when two things differ or don't match; it leans formal, as in 「事実と相違する」. In everyday speech say 「違い」; for statements that contradict each other, 「食い違い」; for a shift or offset, 「ずれ」; for a gap or divide, 「隔たり」. When things match, use the antonym 「一致」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 互いに違うこと。ちがい。
Kanji in this word
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