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食い違う (くいちがう): to cross each other, to differ — Japanese vocabulary

食い違う is read くいちがう and means "to cross each other, to differ". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

食い違う

Reading
くいちがう · kuichigau
Translation
to cross each other, to differ
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
くいちがうがくいちがうが

Example

私たちの意見が食い違うのはこの点です。

わたしたちのいけんがくいちがうのはこのてんです。

It is on this point that our opinions differ.

Kanji in this word

  • 食 — eat, food
  • 違 — differ, wrong

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