誤解|ごかいgokai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbmisunderstanding
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 誤解する（ごかいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 誤解します（ごかいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 誤解しない（ごかいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 誤解しません（ごかいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 誤解せず・誤解せぬ（ごかいせず・ごかいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 誤解した（ごかいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 誤解しました（ごかいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 誤解しなかった（ごかいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 誤解しませんでした（ごかいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 誤解して（ごかいして） |
| Potential | 誤解できる（ごかいできる） |
| Passive | 誤解される（ごかいされる） |
| Causative | 誤解させる（ごかいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 誤解させられる（ごかいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 誤解すれば（ごかいすれば） |
| tara | 誤解したら（ごかいしたら） |
| Volitional | 誤解しよう（ごかいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 誤解しましょう（ごかいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 誤解しろ（ごかいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym勘違いかんちがいCasualColloquial. Covers getting your own thoughts or dates wrong, as in 「日にちを勘違いする」; 「誤解」 is about misreading facts or what someone means.
- Synonym思い違いおもいちがいNeutralAssuming something wrongly, as in 「とんだ思い違いだ」. Close to 「勘違い」 but slightly more written in feel.
- Synonym誤認ごにんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Mistaking facts or one thing for another, as in 「事実誤認」; common in legal and news-report contexts.
- Synonym考え違いかんがえちがいNeutralA mistaken idea or way of thinking, as in 「それは考え違いだ」; often said when pointing out and correcting someone's thinking.
- Related取り違えるとりちがえるNeutralA verb for taking the wrong thing or getting a meaning wrong, as in 「意味を取り違える」.
- Related間違えるまちがえるNeutralA broad verb for getting something wrong or doing it wrong; not limited to errors of understanding like 「誤解」.
- Related間違うまちがうCasualColloquial. Both transitive and intransitive; covers being wrong or making errors, as in 「答えが間違っている」.
- Related取り違えとりちがえNeutralThe noun form: a mix-up, as in 「荷物の取り違え」; stresses confusing two things with each other.
- Related曲解きょっかいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Deliberately twisting what someone says, as in 「発言を曲解する」; it implies ill intent, while 「誤解」 is usually unintentional.
- Related誤読ごどくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Misreading a character's reading or a work's intent; the error is specifically one of reading.
- Related読み間違えるよみまちがえるNeutralReading a text wrong or taking its content the wrong way; the mistake happens in the act of reading.
- Antonym理解りかいNeutralAntonym. Correct understanding, the opposite of 「誤解」, as in 「理解を得る」.
Use 「誤解」 for misreading facts, rules, or what someone means. For your own mistaken ideas or dates pick 「勘違い」 (colloquial) or 「思い違い」; 「誤認」 is formal for mistaking facts; 「曲解」 implies deliberate distortion; 「間違える」 covers mistakes of any kind.
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