I Love Kanji食い違う (kuichigau)
食い違う (くいちがう, kuichigau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くいちがう
- Romaji
- kuichigau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears) · godan verb, intransitive
- to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts); to run counter (to); to be inconsistent (with) · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 食い違う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 食い違う | くいちがう kuichigau |
| Polite (~masu) | 食い違います | くいちがいます kuichigaimasu |
| Negative | 食い違わない | くいちがわない kuichigawanai |
| Polite negative | 食い違いません | くいちがいません kuichigaimasen |
| Past | 食い違った | くいちがった kuichigatta |
| Polite past | 食い違いました | くいちがいました kuichigaimashita |
| Negative past | 食い違わなかった | くいちがわなかった kuichigawanakatta |
| Te-form | 食い違って | くいちがって kuichigatte |
| Potential | 食い違える | くいちがえる kuichigaeru |
| Passive | 食い違われる | くいちがわれる kuichigawareru |
| Causative | 食い違わせる | くいちがわせる kuichigawaseru |
| Volitional | 食い違おう | くいちがおう kuichigaou |
| Imperative | 食い違え | くいちがえ kuichigae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 食い違えば | くいちがえば kuichigaeba |
Kanji in 食い違う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 食い違う.
食堂しょくどうdining room食べ物たべものfood食べるたべるto eat食事しょくじmeal (e.g. lunch, dinner)食料品しょくりょうひんfoodstuff食卓しょくたくdining table食品しょくひんfood食物しょくもつfood食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)食料しょくりょうfood食糧しょくりょうfood (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat)食うくうto eat昼食ちゅうしょくlunch食塩しょくえんtable salt
Source: JMdict entry 1358110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.