違う|ちがうchigau[0]heiban (flat)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken君は違う方にいきますよ。↗You're going the wrong way.
- godan verb, intransitive verbto become abnormal; to go wrong
- expressionisn't it?; wasn't it?at sentence-end; oft. as 〜のと違うか
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 違う(ちがう) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 違います(ちがいます) |
| Negative (nai) | 違わない(ちがわない) |
| polite (masen) | 違いません(ちがいません) |
| classical zu / nu | 違わず・違わぬ(ちがわず・ちがわぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 違った(ちがった) |
| polite (mashita) | 違いました(ちがいました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 違わなかった(ちがわなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 違いませんでした(ちがいませんでした) |
| Te form | 違って(ちがって) |
| Potential | 違える(ちがえる) |
| Passive | 違われる(ちがわれる) |
| Causative | 違わせる(ちがわせる) |
| Causative passive | 違わせられる・違わされる(ちがわせられる・ちがわされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 違えば(ちがえば) |
| tara | 違ったら(ちがったら) |
| Volitional | 違おう(ちがおう) |
| polite (mashou) | 違いましょう(ちがいましょう) |
| Imperative | 違え(ちがえ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
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- Synonym異なることなるWrittenWritten/formal prose for 'differ', as in 「意見が異なる」. 「違う」 is the everyday spoken choice and can also mean something is wrong.
- Synonym相異なるあいことなるWrittenWritten and stiffer than 「異なる」; stresses that things differ from each other, as in 「相異なる立場」.
- Related食い違うくいちがうNeutralNeutral. Focuses on opinions or accounts failing to match or contradicting each other, as in 「証言が食い違う」.
- Related異にすることにするWrittenWritten set phrase, usually as 「~を異にする」, for differing in a particular respect, as in 「意見を異にする」.
- Antonym同じおなじNeutralThe neutral antonym: 'the same, identical'.
- Antonym一致いっちNeutralNeutral antonym for things matching exactly, as in 「意見が一致する」.
- Antonym等しいひとしいWrittenWritten antonym for being equal or equivalent, mostly with quantities or abstract comparison.
For 'different' or 'wrong', 「違う」 is the default. In writing use 「異なる」; when statements or opinions fail to line up, 「食い違う」; 「~を異にする」 is a fixed written phrase. Antonyms: 「同じ」, 「一致」, 「等しい」.
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