I Love Kanji違いない (chigainai)
違いない (ちがいない, chigainai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “sure; no mistaking it”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちがいない
- Romaji
- chigainai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt · expression, い-adjective · oft. as に違いない
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 違いない
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 違いない | ちがいない chigainai |
| Negative | 違いなくない | ちがいなくない chigainakunai |
| Past | 違いなかった | ちがいなかった chigainakatta |
| Negative past | 違いなくなかった | ちがいなくなかった chigainakunakatta |
| Te-form | 違いなくて | ちがいなくて chigainakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 違いなく | ちがいなく chigainaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 違いなければ | ちがいなければ chigainakereba |
Kanji in 違いない
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 違いない.
違うちがうto differ (from)間違えるまちがえるto make a mistake (in)違反いはんviolation違いちがいdifference間違いまちがいmistakeすれ違うすれちがうto pass (by) each other相違そういdifference勘違いかんちがいmisunderstanding食い違うくいちがうto not match well (e.g. at the seams)行き違いいきちがいcrossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road)違えるちがえるto change
Source: JMdict entry 1610740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.