I Love Kanji間違える (machigaeru)
間違える (まちがえる, machigaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to make a mistake (in); to commit an error”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まちがえる
- Romaji
- machigaeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to do incorrectly · ichidan verb, transitive
- to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 間違える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 間違える | まちがえる machigaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 間違えます | まちがえます machigaemasu |
| Negative | 間違えない | まちがえない machigaenai |
| Polite negative | 間違えません | まちがえません machigaemasen |
| Past | 間違えた | まちがえた machigaeta |
| Polite past | 間違えました | まちがえました machigaemashita |
| Negative past | 間違えなかった | まちがえなかった machigaenakatta |
| Te-form | 間違えて | まちがえて machigaete |
| Potential | 間違えられる | まちがえられる machigaerareru |
| Passive | 間違えられる | まちがえられる machigaerareru |
| Causative | 間違えさせる | まちがえさせる machigaesaseru |
| Volitional | 間違えよう | まちがえよう machigaeyou |
| Imperative | 間違えろ | まちがえろ machigaero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 間違えれば | まちがえれば machigaereba |
Kanji in 間違える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 間違える.
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Source: JMdict entry 1215330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.